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johnjman - 10-2-2007 at 09:46 AM

I'm looking for an english speaking doctor in the Ensenada area...Thanks

DENNIS - 10-2-2007 at 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by johnjman
I'm looking for an english speaking doctor in the Ensenada area...Thanks

Some years back I knew some Americans who were going to med school here in Ensenada. They spoke little Spanish but had no problem because all of the text books were in English. I don't know if that has changed but, finding a doctor who doesn't speak English would be the exception. What type of doc are you looking for?

Loboron - 10-2-2007 at 01:40 PM

Dr. Armando Durazo:
Phone 177-13-40 Internal medicine and speaks very good English. The Hotel Coral uses him when needed.

Dr. Adrian Dozal:
Phone 173 46 76 Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat Speaks good English

Both very good doctors and are located in the Velmar private hospital building.

Dr Armando Lievana our personal Dr

Keri - 10-2-2007 at 03:11 PM

He's an internist with a sub specialty of laser pain management. He is in Hospital Velmar. Mike and I just got back from his office and ran into our friends there for their laser treatment. Good Dr. 646-177-1340, He is also affiliated with Scripps in San Diego in some way. Not sure.Give him a call,k I just saw loborons post. Armando Lievana Duranzo. Same Dr.

bajabound2005 - 10-2-2007 at 03:58 PM

Dr. Shinohara
Calle Cuatro # 339
174 0808
Associated with the Hospital Cardio-Med

If You need a cardioligist

Keri - 10-2-2007 at 04:56 PM

Dr Marco Susarrey. He owns the Cardio Med Hospital. He also teaches cardio at the university. He saved my husband's life when he had a heart attack in March. Great Doctor. 646-178-2985:yes:

thanks

johnjman - 10-5-2007 at 01:21 PM

Thanks folks for your kind information...

Bronco - 12-7-2007 at 11:25 AM

What criteria are used in Baja when a gringo labels a physician as a “Good Doctor”? Dr. Luis Perez a charismatic physician that practiced in Chula Vista in a very plush office lost his license for molesting a patient while she was under sedation. He is now practicing in Tijuana. This individual
graduated from UC Irvine. And was supposedly a “Good Doctor”.
Should one not check the background of a physician and review his accreditations and educational background. Has the individual been attending refresher courses and does he stay abreast of new
technologies in his field. In Mexico is there an oversight board, are there certifications and tests to be taken to earn the designation of Cardiologist, Oncologist or Gastroenterologist etc?
In the Punta Banda area “Dr.Joe Capucetti” a chiropractor from Los Angeles attended a medical school in Ensenada . He is no longer “practicing” and is back in Santa Rosa as a chiropractor not a Medico Cirujano. Does this not raise the question as to his education as a physician with the ability to take patients into surgery at San Jose Hospital in Chapultepec?
What I see is, if you have a charming “physician” with a decent bedside manner and speaks English,they are a “Good Doctor”. Then there are the inexpensive Dentist. RESEARCH FOLKS!

mfindarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_March_26/ai_114650306 - 26k
Getting What You Paid For: Extending Medicare to Eligible ...
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Interview by Francie Kalunda Wambua and Susan Davenport with Dr. J. Marco Capucetti, Medico Cirujano-. Quiropráctico, Dr. John Zeffer, C.P., ...
uts.cc.utexas.edu/~healthp/Medicare_files/US-Mexico_PRP_98-99.pdf -

References above,
Bronco

greybaby - 12-7-2007 at 09:52 PM

I have to say I agree with Bronco here. During our stay in Ensenada we had a very good friend who decided to go to "medical school." He did not have a college education and simply entered med school. Three years later he's a full-fledged doctor practicing ophthalmology in Chapultepec. Well intentioned, yes. Well educated, I'm not so sure. Though the US has many flaws in medicine (and I know because I work in it and have for years), the technology far exceeds anything Mexico has to offer. My husband also was hospitalized briefly in Ensenada (Hospital Velmar). The cardiologist seemed to have to come up with a diagnosis. Gave us all the data, which I faxed to a cardiologist friend here and he said it was 100% wrong. That was later confirmed with another internist. It is wise to do your research and then do it again. Your life may be at stake.