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Dr. Douglas Alan Shapiro MD

Anesthesiologist

5341 Pagewood Ln Houston TX, 77056

About

Dr. Douglas Shapiro is an anesthesiologist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Shapiro 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. Shapiro also might help manage pain after an operation.

Education and Training

U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1983

University of Texas At Houston / Medical School At Houston 1983

Board Certification

AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Provider Details

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Douglas Shapiro, MD

5341 Pagewood Ln -
Houston, TX 77056
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Douglas Shapiro

6208 Pickens St -
Houston, TX 77007
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