Dr. Derek Scott Harwell MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1325 Spring St Anesthesia Dept Greenwood SC, 29646About
Dr. Derek Harwell is an anesthesiologist practicing in Greenwood, SC. Dr. Harwell 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. Harwell also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1976
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 1976
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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