
Dr. Phillip Benjamin Cuenca MD
Anesthesiologist
MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CTR TACOMA WA, 98431About
Dr. Phillip Cuenca is an anesthesiologist practicing in TACOMA, WA. Dr. Cuenca 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. Cuenca also might help manage pain after an operation.
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- Dr. Andrew Koogler M.D.120 14th Ave SE Puyallup Washington 98371
- Dr. Natalia Alexandrovna Piper M.D.34515 9th Ave S Federal Way WA 98003
- Dr. Bernard R Canlas M.D.6337 61ST ST W UNIVERSITY PLACE WA 98467
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- Dr. Steve N Lee M.D.1717 S J St Tacoma WA 98405
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