Timothy John Hepler M.D.
Anesthesiologist
3551 ROGER BROOKE DR JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON TX, 78234About
Dr. Timothy Hepler is an anesthesiologist practicing in JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON, TX. Dr. Hepler 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. Hepler also might help manage pain after an operation.
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