Dr. Farnaz Houshmand M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
209 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY TACOMA WA, 98405About
Dr. Farnaz Houshmand is a critical care surgeon practicing in TACOMA, WA. Dr. Houshmand specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Houshmand has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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