Dr. Andrew Foster MD
Anesthesiologist
Fitzsimmons Drive Bldg 9040 Tacoma WA, 98431About
Dr. Andrew Foster is an anesthesiologist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Foster 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. Foster also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Uniformed Services Univ Of The Hlth Sci- Bethesda Md 1999
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States 1999
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