Dr. Kenneth Scott Allen MD
Anesthesiologist
1 Medical Park Wheeling WV, 26003About
Dr. Kenneth Allen is an anesthesiologist practicing in Wheeling, WV. Dr. Allen 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. Allen also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1958
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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