Dr. Richard Alan Hughes M.D.
Anesthesiologist
3333 Evergreen Dr NE Grand Rapids MI, 49525About
Dr. Richard Hughes is an anesthesiologist practicing in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Hughes 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. Hughes also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Creighton University School of Medicine 2007
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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