Dr. Grete Hemmingsen Porteous MD
Anesthesiologist
1100 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. Grete Porteous is an anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Porteous 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. Porteous also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 2000
University of California 2000
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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