Dr. Joao B Dacosta M.D.
Anesthesiologist
565 Coal Valley Road Pittsburgh PA, 15236About
Dr. Joao Dacosta is an anesthesiologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Dacosta 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. Dacosta also might help manage pain after an operation.
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