Dr. Alison Diane Hartvigson MD
Anesthesiologist
1100 9TH AVE SEATTLE WA, 98101About
Dr. Alison Hartvigson is an anesthesiologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Hartvigson 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. Hartvigson also might help manage pain after an operation.
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