Dr. Edward Eugene Metzger MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1922 Thomson Drive Suite D Lynchburg VA, 24501About
Dr. Edward Metzger is an anesthesiologist practicing in Lynchburg, VA. Dr. Metzger 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. Metzger also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ohio, Toledo Oh 1995
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1995
The University of Toledo College of Medicine 1995
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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