Dr. Michael Phillip Hooker MD
Anesthesiologist
76 Peachtree Rd Suite 300 Asheville NC, 28803About
Dr. Michael Hooker is an anesthesiologist practicing in Asheville, NC. Dr. Hooker 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. Hooker also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1980
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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