Dr. David O. Peterson M.D.
Anesthesiologist
500 Foothill Dr Salt Lake City UT, 84148About
Dr. David Peterson is an anesthesiologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Peterson 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. Peterson also might help manage pain after an operation.
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New Jersey College of Dentistry 1980
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