Dr. Robert August Robertson MD
Anesthesiologist
1455 E Bert Kouns Loop Shreveport LA, 71105About
Dr. Robert Robertson is an anesthesiologist practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Robertson 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. Robertson also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Ar Coll of Med, Little Rock Ar 1980
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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