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Dr. Craig Walter Lopatka DDS, MD
Anesthesiologist
2502 E Empire St Suite B Bloomington IL, 61704About
Dr. Craig Lopatka is an anesthesiologist practicing in Bloomington, IL. Dr. Lopatka 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. Lopatka also might help manage pain after an operation.
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