
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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