Dr. Phillip Franklin Hoffer MD
Anesthesiologist
133 Queensgate Bristol TN, 37620About
Dr. Phillip Hoffer is an anesthesiologist practicing in Bristol, TN. Dr. Hoffer 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. Hoffer also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Med Univ of Sc Coll of Med, Charleston Sc 1974
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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