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Dr. Peter L. Bekker MD
Anesthesiologist
1400 VFW PKWY BOSTON MA, 02132About
Dr. Peter Bekker is an anesthesiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Bekker 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. Bekker also might help manage pain after an operation.
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