Cesar Edmundo Ochoa Perez, MD

About Cesar Edmundo Ochoa Perez, MD

Cesar Ochoa, M.D., is a medical oncologist at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health. Dr. Ochoa specializes in the treatment of lung, head and neck cancers. He is fluent in English and Spanish. Prior to joining Miami Cancer Institute in 2021, Dr. Ochoa was on staff at the Billings Clinic Cancer Center, where he worked as a medical oncologist. Throughout his career, Dr. Ochoa has been involved in research focusing on the role of intrinsic and extrinsic airway inflammation in the development and growth of lung cancer. This work has had major implications in the improvement of currently available therapies to better understand lung cancer. Dr. Ochoa’s research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications, including Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention Research, Molecular Cancer, Oncoimmunology, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy and others. He has also presented his work at multiple national and international conferences. Dr. Ochoa believes that the needs of his patients always come first. He strives to help them understand their disease, prognosis and treatment options while learning about their personal goals and what matters most to them. This way, together, they can develop a management plan that aligns with the patient’s values.When he is not treating patients, Dr. Ochoa enjoys reading, music, exploring the outdoors and visiting new restaurants.

Provider Gender

Male

Language

English

Spanish

Age Groups Seen

Adults (18+)

Adults (65+)

Hospital Affiliations

Baptist Hospital of Miami

Doctors Hospital

Fishermen's Community Hospital

Homestead Hospital

Mariners Hospital

South Miami Hospital

West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Education & Training

Education

Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship Program, Hematology/Oncology, 2018

Henry Ford Hospital (Michigan)
Residency Program, Internal Medicine, 2015

Tecnológico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina Monterrey (Mexico)
Medical School, 2007

Certifications

Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2018

Medical Oncology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2020

Locations

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8900 N Kendall Drive

Miami, FL 33176

Phone: 786-596-2000

Fax: 305-279-7778

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1228 South Pine Island Road, Suite 410

Plantation, FL 33324

Phone: 954-837-1490

Fax: 954-837-1188

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Accepted Insurance

Note: Health plans that are currently contracted with Baptist Health are listed below. However, please check with our insurance provider to verify that Baptist Health is part of your provider network.

Aetna

Aetna Better Health/Healthy Kids

AvMed HMO/POS/Commercial

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BC/BS)

CarePlus Health Plans

Great West
HMO
POS
PPO

Devoted Health

Dimension Health

Dimension International

Doctors HealthCare Plans

First Health Network

BlueCare
Medicare HMO
MyBlue
Options
POS
PPO
Select

Florida Community Care

Great West Healthcare(A CIGNA comp)

Humana Commercial/Medicare/HMO/PPO

Humana Medicare

Medicaid

Medicare

Molina Healthcare

Multiplan

Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP)

Oscar Health Plan

Preferred Care Network fka Medica

Private Healtcarecare Systems (PHCS

Ratings & Reviews

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

4.9 / 5

326 Ratings, 52 Reviews

4.9

Likelihood of recommending this provider

4.9

Provider explained things clearly

4.9

Provider showed concern

4.9

Provider included you in decisions

4.9

Provider discussed treatment options

01/24/2026

Professional

12/27/2025

Ochoa is a very good physician.

12/20/2025

Dr. Ochoa is excellent and has tremendous bedside manors when talking with me

11/18/2025

Excellent team participation.

11/17/2025

Was a very good experience.

11/17/2025

Good

11/14/2025

Nothing to complain about

11/11/2025

Excellent professional

11/02/2025

The absolute Best...

10/17/2025

Dr Ochoa was very curteous and professional

09/02/2025

Dr. Ochoa is an outstanding doctor & person. It's not often one finds a combination of great intelligence and compassion. He is also very uplifting. My wife & I feel blessed for his care.

08/22/2025

Everyone listened and took the time to answer my questions

08/14/2025

Good experience

08/08/2025

Great experience

08/08/2025

Dr: Ochoa is a brilliant Oncologist delivers with lots of knowlege and compassion I would absolutely recommend him %.

08/03/2025

Good.

07/25/2025

Acceptable

07/19/2025

Very professional

07/14/2025

Dr. Ochoa is the Greatest...

07/11/2025

Good

07/07/2025

All areas discussed were covered at length

06/28/2025

Excellent

06/08/2025

Exactly

05/26/2025

Everything is fine

05/24/2025

All great

05/04/2025

Dr. Ochoa is incredibly reassuring & his expertise are so much appreciated.

04/30/2025

Great team. I look forward to a long term relationship.

04/25/2025

Dr. Ochoa and his team are very kind and passionate. They were patient with me and understanding on how nervous I was during the time of my appointment. They answered all the medical questions that I have and makes sure that ai understand it well, from the diagnosis, the treatment plan and process.

04/21/2025

Excelente

04/20/2025

Dr. Ochoa saved my life.

04/13/2025

Good

04/07/2025

Excellent DoctorsDelighted with all the staff

04/05/2025

Dr. Ochoa has been very helpful with my difficult situation.

03/09/2025

Dr. Was very understanding.

02/10/2025

El Doctor Ochoa es muy explicito,atento siempre preocupado y haciendo lo mejor con mi tratamiento agradecido a el ,y al Instituto de Cancer

02/09/2025

Great experience

01/26/2025

Provided a detained review of PET Scan findings in a personable and caring manner

01/26/2025

Good

01/25/2025

Good

01/18/2025

Great

12/22/2024

They care a lot for you They are angels

12/16/2024

Dr. Ochoa is great. He explained things very well, he is calm, considerate and very caring. I am so happy to have him as my doctor.

12/15/2024

Excellents

11/12/2024

I have already consented to sharing my treatment procedures.

11/09/2024

I was impressed

11/09/2024

Listened , explained and accepted all questions

11/02/2024

Awesome experience

10/19/2024

Dr Ochoa was compassionate, thorough and answered all my questions.

10/12/2024

Good

10/11/2024

Good

10/09/2024

Dr Ochoa is very straight forward and has great bedside manners

10/08/2024

Wonderful

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Cesar Edmundo Ochoa Perez, MD

Affiliations

Specialties

Clinical Focus

About Cesar Edmundo Ochoa Perez, MD

Education & Training

Locations

Accepted Insurance

Ratings & Reviews

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