Dr. Geir ivar Elgjo M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Uva Hospital Lee Street, 1st Floo Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Geir ivar Elgjo is an anesthesiologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Elgjo 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. Elgjo also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Universitetet I Oslo, Det Medisinske Fakultet 1987
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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