Dr. Karen Elizabeth Sickenger MD
Anesthesiologist
816 Independence Blvd Suite 2g Virginia Beach VA, 23455About
Dr. Karen Sickenger is an anesthesiologist practicing in Virginia Beach, VA. Dr. Sickenger 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. Sickenger also might help manage pain after an operation.
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