PAIN DOCTORS TIJUANA - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Medical Director at Hospital Angeles Tijuana
• Speciality Pain Management Specialist / Education Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

Cesar Amescua, MD is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine. In addition, Dr. Cesar Amescua is the Medical Director at Hospital Angeles Tijuana. Dr. Cesar Amescua studied medicine in Mexico City at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (National Autonomous University of Mexico), from 1974 to 1980. Upon graduation of Medical School, he completed a two year internship and then specialized in Anesthesia at Hospital General de México (General Hospital of México). He obtained his, two year, specialized residency training in Pain Management, at the Pain Clinic of Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia (National Cancer Institute) in Mexico City, from 1984 to 1986. He then, spent three more years as Pain Coordinator of the National Cancer Institute, until 1989. He is a Professor of Pain Management at Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (Autonomous University of Baja California), School of Medicine. Dr. Cesar Amescua has worked with cancer patients, and neuropathic pain patients for over 20 years and has participated in more than one hundred Medical Congresses as a guest speaker. Dr. Amescua is a past president of the Asociación Mexicana para el Estudio y Tratamiento del Dolor, A.C. (Mexican Association for the Study and Treatment of Pain).