Dr. Thomas J Hopkins M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Dumc 3094 Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Thomas Hopkins is an anesthesiologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Hopkins 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. Hopkins also might help manage pain after an operation.
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