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Dr. Benjamin H. Walker M.D.
Anesthesiologist
995 9TH AVE SW BESSEMER AL, 35022About
Dr. Benjamin Walker is an anesthesiologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Walker 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. Walker also might help manage pain after an operation.
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Practice At 1600 Carraway Blvd
1600 Carraway Blvd -Birmingham, AL 35234Get Direction
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