Javier De Andrés Ares, MD, PhD

Dr. Javier De Andrés Ares has been a board-certified Anesthesiologist since 1997. He graduated from Universidad Complutense-Madrid in June 1990, completed his anesthesiology residency at Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo in 1996, and became a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice from the World Institute of Pain in 2008. He received his PhD from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid after completing his six-year research project on facetogenic pain and radiofrequency denervation in 2019. He also received the Hassenbusch Award in 2008 from the World Institute of Pain. He currently is the Head of the Pain Unit at Hospital Universitario La Paz-Madrid and is co-director at Clínica del Dolor Hospital Santa Elena-Madrid. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Universidad Miguel de Cervantes and collaborates with Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. He is Head of the Spanish Pain Radiofrequency Interest Group of the Spanish Pain Society (IASP). He is an active member of several societies, including the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society, World Institute of Pain, and Spanish Pain Society.

Dr. De Andrés Ares has more than 20 years of experience as a pain clinic director in public and private practice and speaks nationally and internationally on topics related to pain medicine and interventional pain management. He has a special interest in spinal and facial pain. He has been a member of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society since 2013 and currently serves on the Society’s International Division. He enjoys spending his free time playing golf, going to opera concerts, and supporting the Real Madrid Football Team.