Dr. Thomas J. Gal M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Uva Hospital Lee Street Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Thomas Gal is an anesthesiologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Gal 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. Gal also might help manage pain after an operation.
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