Dr. John Spotswood Burwell MD
Anesthesiologist
1757 Imperial Blvd. Lake Charles LA, 70605About
Dr. John Burwell is an anesthesiologist practicing in Lake Charles, LA. Dr. Burwell 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. Burwell also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1987
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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