Dr. Ruth Ann Zimmer MD
Anesthesiologist
5171 S Cottonwood St Ste 810 Salt Lake City UT, 84107About
Dr. Ruth Zimmer is an anesthesiologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Zimmer 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. Zimmer also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Tx Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr Sch of Med, Lubbock Tx 1992
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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