Catherine C. Shaffrey
Anesthesiologist
Lee St Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Catherine Shaffrey is an anesthesiologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Shaffrey 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. Shaffrey also might help manage pain after an operation.
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