David Fish

David Eli Fish is an American physiatrist and one of the editors of a popular PM&R handbook PM&R Pocketpedia.

Education
After completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001, Fish completed additional training as a clinical fellow in pain medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. Fish is a Professor in the Orthopaedic Department Clinic at UCLA School of Medicine.

Awards
Fish is the recipient of the following:


 * Foundation for PM&R Education Research Fund's Best Paper Award (2004).
 * Fish's work demonstrated that there is no statistically significant difference between two competing approaches to achieve muscle strengthening.
 * Distinguished Clinician (2002), UCLA/VA Multicampus PM&R Residency Program
 * Selected by residents as the distinguished staff attending for the academic year.
 * Teaching Excellence in Problem Based Learning, UCLA School of Medicine (2007)

Books

 * Choi H, Sugar R, Fish D, Shatzer M, Krabak B. PM&R Pocketpedia. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2003). ISBN 0-7817-4433-4
 * Kim H, Fish D, Choi H. Pain Medicine Pocketpedia. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2011). ISBN 978-0-7817-7218-1