Oscar A. De Leon-casasola MD

Dr. Oscar de Leon-Casasola is Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Anesthesiology (Tenure Track), Department of Anesthesiology, and Professor of Medicine at the University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.

He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management from 2000 to 2011. He served in the Editorial Board of Seminars in Pain Medicine, Journal of the Spanish Society of Pain, and the Journal of the Argentinean Society of Anesthesiologist. He received his medical training at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala after obtaining a degree in Music with Specialty in Piano. He underwent surgical residency SUNY at Downstate, then anesthesia residency at SUNY-Buffalo.

He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Management. He was Director of the Acute Pain Service, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and Chief of Critical Care Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Dr. de Leon-Casasola is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management and President-Elect. He has served as Chair of the Scientific Committee for ASRA’s pain meeting.

He is a member of the Pain Medicine Committee of the American Society of Anesthesiologist and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Adult Cancer Pain Panel. He served as Chair of the Regional Anesthesia Committee of the ASA until 2010. He served as a member in the Task Force of the ASA that created the Society’s Guidelines for the treatment of Chronic Pain Management, published in 2010 and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Committee drafting the Acute Pain Guidelines for the ASA and the American Pain Society.