Dr. Robert Alexander Aitken M.D.
Anesthesiologist
7777 HENNESSY BLVD STE 301 BATON ROUGE LA, 70808About
Dr. Robert Aitken is an anesthesiologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Aitken 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. Aitken also might help manage pain after an operation.
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