Dr. Svetlana Slocum MD
Anesthesiologist
813 15th St Unit F Santa Monica CA, 90403About
Dr. Svetlana Slocum is an anesthesiologist practicing in Santa Monica, CA. Dr. Slocum 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. Slocum also might help manage pain after an operation.
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