Dr. Benjamin M Aakre MD
Anesthesiologist
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Benjamin Aakre is an anesthesiologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Aakre ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Aakre also might help manage pain after an operation.
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