Dr. Orville R Wetzel MD
Anesthesiologist
6001 Sw 6th Ave Topeka KS, 66615About
Dr. Orville Wetzel is an anesthesiologist practicing in Topeka, KS. Dr. Wetzel 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. Wetzel also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Ks Sch of Med, Kansas City Ks 1989
University of Wales in Great Britain 1989
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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