Dr. Shaji P Poovathoor M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Health Sciences Center L4 #060 Stony Brook NY, 11794About
Dr. Shaji Poovathoor is an anesthesiologist practicing in Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Poovathoor 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. Poovathoor also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Psg Inst Of Med Scis- Bharathiar Univ- Tn- India 1994
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Critical Care Medicine
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