Dr. Richard Craig Shinaman MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd Walnut Creek CA, 94598About
Dr. Richard Shinaman is an anesthesiologist practicing in Walnut Creek, CA. Dr. Shinaman 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. Shinaman also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Univ of Co Sch of Med, Denver Co 2000
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