Dr. James Eron Porterfield MD
Anesthesiologist
3651 Wheeler Rd Augusta GA, 30909About
Dr. James Porterfield is an anesthesiologist practicing in Augusta, GA. Dr. Porterfield 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. Porterfield also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 2001
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 2001
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