Dr. Paul James Smith D.O.
Anesthesiologist
900 Illinois Ave Stevens Point WI, 54481About
Dr. Paul Smith is an anesthesiologist practicing in Stevens Point, WI. Dr. Smith 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. Smith also might help manage pain after an operation.
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