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Dr. William W Backus M.D., Anesthesiologist
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Dr. William W Backus M.D.

Anesthesiologist

Health Sciences Center L4, #060 Stony Brook NY, 11794

About

Dr. William Backus is an anesthesiologist practicing in Stony Brook, NY. Dr. Backus 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. Backus also might help manage pain after an operation.

Education and Training

University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1979

University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1979

Provider Details

Male Spanish, French

Treatments

  • Anesthesia

Fellowships

  • Babies Hospital, NY, NY    1983
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center   
  • Columbia Presbyterian Hospital  

Dr. William W Backus M.D.'s Practice location

William Backus

Health Sciences Center L4, #060 -
Stony Brook, NY 11794
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