Dr. Mark Stephen Thoma MD
Anesthesiologist
S-436, Box 0427 Ucsf Dept Of Anesthe San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Mark Thoma is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Thoma 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. Thoma also might help manage pain after an operation.
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