Dr. Richard Douglas Thorsen M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
11215 Dakotah St Nw Minneapolis MN, 55433About
Dr. Richard Thorsen is a critical care surgeon practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Thorsen specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Thorsen has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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