Dr. Timothy M Chaprnka DO
Anesthesiologist
3333 Evergreen Dr NE Grand Rapids MI, 49525About
Dr. Timothy Chaprnka is an anesthesiologist practicing in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Chaprnka 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. Chaprnka also might help manage pain after an operation.
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