Dr. Richard Scott Sears DO
Anesthesiologist
150 Kingsley Lane Depaul Medical Cente Norfolk VA, 23502About
Dr. Richard Sears is an anesthesiologist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Sears 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. Sears also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Philadelphia Coll of Osteo Med, Philadelphia Pa 1991
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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