Dr. Michael D. Chafty MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
900 Peeler St Kalamazoo MI, 49008About
Dr. Michael Chafty is an anesthesiologist practicing in Kalamazoo, MI. Dr. Chafty 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. Chafty also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine 1989
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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