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Dr. Thomas Elwood MD
Anesthesiologist
3633 Pacific Ave Suite 204 Tacoma WA, 98418About
Dr. Thomas Elwood is an anesthesiologist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Elwood 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. Elwood also might help manage pain after an operation.
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