Dr. Kurt J Weissend MD
Anesthesiologist
1065 Senator Keating Blvd Westfall Surgery Cen Rochester NY, 14618About
Dr. Kurt Weissend is an anesthesiologist practicing in Rochester, NY. Dr. Weissend 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. Weissend also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1984
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1984
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Pain
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