Possessing more than a decade of professional experience, Dr. Ahmed Abouesh serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chico Behavioral Health, P.C., and Therapeutic Soluti...view morePossessing more than a decade of professional experience, Dr. Ahmed Abouesh serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Chico Behavioral Health, P.C., and Therapeutic Solutions, P.C. Dr. Abouesh holds certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and maintains professional memberships with the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychiatric Association. In addition, Ahmed Abouesh, M.D., sits on the California Hospital Association’s Behavioral Health Advisory Board.
Dr. Abouesh earned his medical degree from the Cairo-based Ain Shams University. Completing a full range of professional training, he served at the University of California, Los Angeles, as a Forensic Fellow and at Western State Hospital in Stanton, Virginia, as a resident attending psychiatrist. In addition, Dr. Abouesh completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and was a Visiting Fellow in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at Duke University Medical Center.
Ahmed Abouesh, M.D., began his career in 2000 in Danville, Virginia, working as a Staff Psychiatrist at the Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute and as a part-time Staff Psychiatrist at Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services. He began treating patients in private practice in 2003 at Monticello Psychiatric Medicine in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The same year, he started work as Medical Director in the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Unit. In this role, Dr. Abouesh oversaw operations for a 26-bed inpatient facility serving adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
In 2004, Dr. Abouesh relocated to the West Coast, filling the post of Medical Director of Enloe Behavioral Health at Enloe Medical Center, based in Chico, California. In addition to founding the first ECT unit located north of Sacramento, he served as an on-call doctor and oversaw all client admissions and discharges. In his current position, Dr. Ahmed Abouesh spearheads partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.view less