
Dr. Karen M Rafferty MD
Anesthesiologist
1255 37TH ST VERO BEACH FL, 32960About
Dr. Karen Rafferty is an anesthesiologist practicing in Calais, ME. Dr. Rafferty 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. Rafferty also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1990
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