Dr. Shirl L Schaffer MD
Anesthesiologist
455 Sherman Suite 510 Denver CO, 80203About
Dr. Shirl Schaffer is an anesthesiologist practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Schaffer 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. Schaffer also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1987
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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