Rey Ximenes is the owner and director of The Pain and Stress Management Center in Austin, Texas. The Pain and Stress Management Center is a multi-disciplinary pain management practice dedicated to the integration of modalities to alleviate pain. This has naturally led to the use of various therapeutic treatments in an overall wellness blueprint with our patients.
Dr. Ximenes began his career in medicine as an anesthesiologist working in such places as M.D. Anderson Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Hospital, Hermann Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, and the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. His training included general anesthesia, cardio-vascular anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, obstetrical anesthesia, as well as pain management. This gave him a broad perspective to draw upon in the practice of alleviating pain.
Shortly after moving to Austin, it became evident that pain was being woefully undertreated in this city. There were others involved in pain management, but the approach was primarily an invasive, interventional Western methodology. Dr. Ximenes realized this approach, although somewhat effective and certainly often a necessary component, was an incomplete plan in addressing the multifactorial needs of pain patients. It was at this point that he began to utilize some of the techniques he had learned in his lifelong search for additional pieces of the puzzle. This quest included many areas of alternative medicine, which Dr. Ximenes prefers to term "integrative medicine", with the implication that we can receive all possible modalities in a synergistic way rather than having to choose between paradigms.
Dr. Ximenes developed the Pain and Stress Management Center in an effort to better handle patient needs. He is well-versed in and offers a full complement of Western medical techniques, along with acupuncture, cranio-sacral therapy, osteopathic manipulations, prolotherapy, electro-dermal testing, homeopathy, myofascial release, hypnotherapy, psychoacoustics, nutritional counseling, as well as classes in Tai Chi. Dr. Ximenes maintains an informal network of friends, teachers, practitioners, and healers to provide a true multi-disciplinary approach to health care.
Below is a link to the packet of Forms that Dr. Ximenes uses for new patients. Please download the packet to your computer and print it out. Follow the included instructions for completing and returning the forms.
Educational Background:
Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Zoology 12/23/1978
Graduate: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, M.D. 06/04/1983
Post-Graduate: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Internal Medicine
Internship: Internal Medicine 07/83-06/84
Hermann Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Anesthesiology
Residency: Anesthesiology 08/84-10/86
Hermann Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Texas Heart Institute
David Almeyda, M.D. – Chronic Pain Clinic
Board Certifications:
American Board of Anesthesiologists
American Academy of Pain Management
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
American Board of Medical Acupuncturists