Dr. Benjamin Calvin Tuck M.D.
Anesthesiologist
UAB DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY BIRMINGHAM AL, 35249About
Dr. Benjamin Tuck is an anesthesiologist practicing in BIRMINGHAM, AL. Dr. Tuck 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. Tuck also might help manage pain after an operation.
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University of Alabama School of Medicine 2007
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