Dr. Sumitra Paul Escalante M.D.
Anesthesiologist
3633 Pacific Ave Suite 204 Tacoma WA, 98418About
Dr. Sumitra Escalante is an anesthesiologist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Escalante 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. Escalante also might help manage pain after an operation.
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State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 2008
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