Dr. Thomas Scott Menke DO
Anesthesiologist
333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth NH, 03801About
Dr. Thomas Menke is an anesthesiologist practicing in Portsmouth, NH. Dr. Menke 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. Menke also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Drew University Bachelor Degree 0
Umdnj-Sch Of Osteo Med- Stratford Nj 1982
Board Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
and Pediatric Advanced Life Support
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Thomas Menke, who serves patients in Stratham, New Hampshire.
A competent anesthesiologist, Dr. Menke presently works at Stratham Anesthesia Associates and is a Director at the Stratham Ambulatory Surgery Center.
The Stratham Ambulatory Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art facility specifically designed to optimize the patient experience. While at the center, patients are cared for by highly skilled, caring and kind personnel who are specifically trained for outpatient surgical care. They provide the highest quality service in a comfortable, efficient, convenient, and cost-effective manner. By design, all of their patients recover in the comfort and privacy of home, without being separated from their families.
Before embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Menke received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University. He then attended New Jersey’s School of Osteopathic Medicine where he received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. From there, he went on to complete his internship and residency in anesthesiology at Monmouth Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident from 1983-1985.
After leaving Monmouth Medical Center, he became Chief of Anesthesia in USAF stationed at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire. In 1989, he joined Portsmouth Hospital as Medical Director of the Ambulatory Center and later became Department Chief.
Licensed to practice medicine in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Dr. Menke is board-certified in anesthesiology by the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology (AOBA). The AOBA is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the administration of anesthetic agents and perioperative medicine.
In addition, he has certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. Anesthesiologists have the primary responsibility of monitoring the patient’s vital signs during surgery. In addition to basic measurements such as pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, they measure the patient’s respiration.
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