Dr. Jon Cheek M.D.
Anesthesiologist
2510 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport LA, 71118About
Dr. Jon Cheek is an anesthesiologist practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Cheek 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. Cheek also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In Shreveport, Shreveport La 1991
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine 1991
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1991
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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