Cesar Amescua, MD is Board-Certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology
Dr. Cesar Amescua is a pain management specialist in Tijuana, Mexico who specializes in diagnosing and treating pain. He has additional training in how pain develops and how to treat it.
Dr. Amescua diagnoses the cause of the pain, prescribes medications and therapies, performs procedures like nerve blocks and spinal injections, and coordinates care with other health professionals.
At Hospital Angeles Tijuana, Dr. Amescua, treats a wide range of chronic pain conditions such as low back pain and neck pain, neuropathic pain, spinal cord stimulation, osteoporosis, persistent post-operative pain and complex regional pain syndrome (known before as reflex sympathetic dystrophy), uncommon form of intense chronic pain, failed back surgery syndrome and cancer pain.
Furthermore, Dr. Amescua, provides palliative care services and treatment to people who are living with, or affected by, serious or life-limiting illnesses.
Types of Pains Treated by Dr. Amescua
- Acute Pain, which develops quickly
- Chronic Pain, which lasts for months or years
- Cancer Pain
- Pain from Injuries, such as sprains, strains or bone fractures
- Pain from Nerve Damage, such as diabetic neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia
I have worked with cancer patients, and neuropathic pain patients for over 20 years and have participated in more than one hundred Medical Congresses as a guest speaker.
Dr. Cesar amescua
Education & Training
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. Amescua organized the Neuropathic Pain Satellite Meeting on behalf of the World Congress on Pain in San Diego, CA in 2002.
Dr. Amescua has published multiple articles in various medical journals and contributed several chapters to books on pain management.
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).
Memberships and Fellowships
- Member of The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
- Member of the International Coalition of Neuropathic Pain
- Member of the World Institute of Pain
- American Pain Society (APS) December 1993
- The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 25th of August, 1989
- American Society of Regional Anesthesia (A.S.R.A.) January 1995