About Dr Peña
Dr. Fidel Peña was born in Holguín, Cuba. His childhood days were spent with his parents Ramiro and Nerina (r.i.p) and four brothers in the town of Maceo, a former sugar mill.
He completed his university studies as a doctor at the Faculty of Medicine of Holguín, Cuba, and received the title of Doctor of Medicine in 1983. In 1987 he obtained the title of First Degree Specialist in Neurosurgery, Hermanos Ameijeiras Surgical Clinical Hospital, Havana .
He had prominent cuban neurosurgeons as professors: Humberto Hernández Zayas, Victor Junco Morales, Aida Madrazo Carnero, Manuel Rodríguez Fonseca and his mentor and friend Rafael Laureano Ríos Abreu.
His professional work as a medical specialist was developed (1983-1992) at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Provincial Teaching Hospital. Holguin, Cuba. In the year 1993-1994 he carried out the homologation and incorporation to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Costa Rica as Surgeon and Specialist in Neurosurgery. Since 1993 he has been working in the Neurosurgery Service of the Doctor Fernando Escalante Pradilla Regional Hospital in Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica.
"Medicine is the art of preserving health and eventually curing disease occurring in the body." Avicenna.
What is a neurosurgeon?
He is a specialist in the surgical treatment of injuries and pathologies that affect the brain, the central and peripheral nervous system and diseases that affect the spinal cord and the surrounding tissues.
Over time, the neurosurgical practice faces the challenge of developing new and better treatments and techniques that meet our expectations and those of our patients.
Through microsurgical techniques we perform minimally invasive approaches in order to intervene brain tumors and aneurysms, spinal cord tumors, hernias and fractures.
Through years of experience and specialization, I have helped patients who come to the Neurosurgery consultation with different ailments, from lumbar and cervical pain to tumors and other diseases of the nervous system, performing high-level surgeries with good results.
Being a doctor is a difficult and demanding profession. Being a neurosurgeon includes an extra dose of effort and sacrifice.
Education
Holguín School of Medicine, Cuba - 1983.
Hermanos Ameijeiras Surgical Clinical Hospital, Havana - 1987