Dr. Caroline Wigan MD
Anesthesiologist
1100 MARSHALL WAY PLACERVILLE CA, 95667About
Dr. Caroline Wigan is an anesthesiologist practicing in PLACERVILLE, CA. Dr. Wigan 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. Wigan also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Virginia Commonwealth University / Medical College of Virginia School of Medic 2007
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 2007
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