Dr. Christopher Gordon Baker M.D.
Anesthesiologist
1 Saint Mary Pl Medical Center Anest Shreveport LA, 71101About
Dr. Christopher Baker is an anesthesiologist practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Baker 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. Baker also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine 2008
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 2008
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