Anesthesiologist

What’s an Anesthesiologist?

Patient safety, comfort, and well-being are all attended to by a surgical teams’ anesthesiologist. During a procedure the anesthesiologist provides pain relief and prevention and monitors a patient’s vital functions.

What Does an Anesthesiologist Do?

It's more than just "putting you to sleep."

• We care for your breathing, your brain, your heart, your circulation, your kidneys, and other important bodily functions during an operation.
• We give you anesthesia to ensure unconsciousness, prevent and treat pain, and relax your muscles during surgery so the operation can be done.
• We care for you so that your surgeon can focus on the operation.
• We care for your pain needs after surgery.
• We care for patients in the intensive care unit.