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Dr. Joseph Franklin Cassady M.D.
Anesthesiologist
1215 Pleasant St Suite 400 Des Moines IA, 50309About
Dr. Joseph Cassady is an anesthesiologist practicing in Des Moines, IA. Dr. Cassady 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. Cassady also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Louisville Sch of Med, Louisville Ky 1979
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Unusual presentation and treatment of postlumbar puncture headache in an 11-yr-old boy.
- An alternative for avoidance of general anaesthesia for infants when bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy outlasts subarachnoid blockade.
- Regional anesthesia for urologic procedures.
- Validation of measures of parents' preoperative anxiety and anesthesia knowledge.
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IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITALl
700 EAST UNIVERSITY AVENUE DES MOINES IA 50316IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTERl
1200 PLEASANT STREET DES MOINES IA 50309