Dr. Leslie Kay Sheffield M.D.
Anesthesiologist
5253 Dijon Dr Suite A Baton Rouge LA, 70808About
Dr. Leslie Sheffield is an anesthesiologist practicing in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Sheffield 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. Sheffield also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1988
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