Dr. Jennifer L Letourneau DO
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1015 NW 22ND AVE PORTLAND OR, 97210About
Dr. Jennifer Letourneau is a critical care surgeon practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Letourneau specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Letourneau has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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