Dr. Anderson Penha earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Federal University of Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, in 2011. He began his clinical career delivering primary care as a General Practitioner for the Department of Health in Borba, Brazil. Between 2012 and 2015, he earned an Associate of Applied Science in Evidence-Based Medicine from Sírio-Libanês, worked as an Urgent Care Physician in Manaus, and conducted disability evaluations for Brazil’s National Institute of Social Security.

Transitioning his practice to the United States, Dr. Penha earned a Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research from the University of California San Diego in 2018. During this time, he served as a Trauma Research Intern at Scripps Mercy Hospital, co-authoring an award-winning study on cardiac dysfunction in traumatic brain injury. From 2019 to 2022, he completed an Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, developing a procedural foundation in general, regional, and trauma anesthesia.

Expanding his clinical expertise, Dr. Penha served as Chief Resident of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Washington from 2023 to 2025, simultaneously earning a Master of Public Health. During this period, he concurrently worked as a Medical Examiner for U.S. veteran disability benefits through Optum Serve and as a Telemedicine Physician delivering medication-assisted treatment. In late 2025, he briefly served as an Associate Staff Physician in Occupational Health at UCLA Health.

Since April 2026, Dr. Penha has practiced as a Pain Medicine Physician with Pain Medicine Associates/Physician Partners of America in Fullerton, California. In this role, he provides ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures and multimodal chronic pain management. A trilingual physician fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, he delivers culturally competent care to Southern California’s diverse communities. Dr. Penha holds active medical licenses in California and Washington and serves as Section Chair for Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine at the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.