Dr. Michael James Drass MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1402 9th Ave Altoona PA, 16602About
Dr. Michael Drass is an anesthesiologist practicing in Altoona, PA. Dr. Drass 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. Drass also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1992
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Multiple Sclerosis (ms)
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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