Dr. Van Alan Valenta MD
Anesthesiologist
600 Memorial Ave Memorial Hospital Cumberland MD, 21502About
Dr. Van Valenta is an anesthesiologist practicing in Cumberland, MD. Dr. Valenta 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. Valenta also might help manage pain after an operation.
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School 1978
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