Dr. Timothy Dresselhaus is Clinical Professor Emeritus at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California, San Diego, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, while also winning the Armin Rappaport Prize, the Department of History’s highest honor. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Diego, serving an additional year as chief medical resident before joining the faculty. He earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of Washington, Seattle.
His professional career has spanned healthcare administration, health services research,
and medical education. He served as chief of primary care at the VA San Diego Healthcare
System and in national leadership roles for the Veterans Health Administration, Washington,
D.C. As the author or co-author of thirty-five research articles, he has been a principal
investigator, co-principal investigator, or co-investigator on multiple funded research
projects. He is a charter member of the San Diego Chapter of the American Jewish Medical
Association, which was formed in response to the events of October 7, 2023, to combat
anti-Semitism in the health sciences. He is president of the Emeriti Association of
the University of California, San Diego.
He has served the local church as an elder, teacher, and musician, and has held leadership
roles supporting world missions (Assemblies of God World Missions Board; Board Chair,
China Training Network), Christian higher education (Trustee, Vanguard University),
and efforts to end abortion (Founding Board Member, El Cajon Pregnancy Care Center),
as well as advocating for Biblical positions on human origins and medical ethics.
He is the author of Seven Deadly Lies in the Culture and the Church; The Preeminent
Jesus in My Father, My Pastor: Making Christ First at Home and at Church; and The
Crimson Thread: Tracing the Story of Jesus from Genesis to Revelation.
He lives with his wife, Shari, in San Diego, California, and they are the parents of two adult children, Noah and Emma.