Dr. Melanie S Weeks MD
Anesthesiologist
1830 Blankenship Rd Suite 200 West Linn OR, 97068About
Dr. Melanie Weeks is an anesthesiologist practicing in West Linn, OR. Dr. Weeks 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. Weeks also might help manage pain after an operation.
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