Dr. Melvina Cheung M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Dept Of Otolaryngology Univ Of Kentucky 800 Rose Street Lexington KY, 40536About
Dr. Melvina Cheung is an anesthesiologist practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Cheung 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. Cheung also might help manage pain after an operation.
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