ISAP Researchers' Profiles

David Chim, D.O.

Dr. David Chim serves as the Medical Director of the Outpatient Clinical Research Center at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.  He is board-certified in family medicine and has expertise in addiction medicine and translational clinical research.  After completing residency at Kaiser Permanente in 2006, he started dual fellowships in Addiction Medicine and Translational Investigation at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.  Dr. Chim is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences, and instructed both osteopathic and allopathic medical students.  After joining UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs in 2007, he conducted research focusing on developing pharmacotherapy for opioid and psychostimulant dependence.  His interests include advancing biopsychosocial treatment of addiction, preventing opioid dependency in developing pharmacotherapy for pain, and integrating addiction medicine training in primary care residencies.

Education and Training

• Undergraduate:  University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., Psychobiology, 1998
• Medical:  Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, D.O., 2003
• Residency:  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Riverside, CA, Family Medicine, 2003-2006
• Fellowship:  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CA, Addiction and Biobehavioral Medicine, 2008-2009
• Fellowship:  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CA, Translational Research, 2008-2010

Specialties

• Addiction Medicine
• Biobehavioral Medicine
• Myofascial Pain in Primary Care

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
11075 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025-7539
dchim@mednet.ucla.edu

Selected Publications

Chim, D., Brodsky, M., Hui, K.  “Ultrasound Technology is a Useful Tool for Training Medical Students in Evaluation and Treatment of Myofascial Pain”  Family Medicine, page 8, January 2007.

Yip, I., Cudiamat, M., Chim, D.  “PC-SPES for Treatment of Prostate Cancer:  Herbal Medicine”  Current Urology Reports, 4:253-257 (2003)

Last updated - 07/28/2008

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