Dr. Leonel Michael Fuentes M.D.
Anesthesiologist
45 Ne Loop 410 Suite 900 San Antonio TX, 78216About
Dr. Leonel Fuentes is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Fuentes 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. Fuentes also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Tx Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr Sch of Med, Lubbock Tx 1988
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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