Douglas David Wellons M.D.
Anesthesiologist
501 20th St Suite 606 Knoxville TN, 37916About
Dr. Douglas Wellons is an anesthesiologist practicing in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Wellons 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. Wellons also might help manage pain after an operation.
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