Dr. Roger Townsend MD
Anesthesiologist
31872 Coast Hwy Laguna Beach CA, 92651About
Dr. Roger Townsend is an anesthesiologist practicing in Laguna Beach, CA. Dr. Townsend 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. Townsend also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1968
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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