Lowell Shih M.D.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1000 OCHSNER BLVD COVINGTON LA, 70433About
Dr. Lowell Shih is an anesthesiologist practicing in COVINGTON, LA. Dr. Shih 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. Shih also might help manage pain after an operation.
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