Dr. Robert A Caplan MD
Anesthesiologist
1100 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. Robert Caplan is an anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Caplan 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. Caplan also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1977
Yale School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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