Dr. Robert D Shontz M.D.
Anesthesiologist
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Robert Shontz is an anesthesiologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Shontz 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. Shontz also might help manage pain after an operation.
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University of Iowa Medical School
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