Karines Rivera-Marrero, M.D.

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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Karines Rivera-Marrero, who serves patients in Moca, Puerto Rico.

Dr. Rivera-Marrero is an experienced anesthesiologist who is affiliated with the San Carlos Borromeo Hospital in Moca, Puerto Rico.

The San Carlos Borromeo Hospital is a private, non-profit general hospital, which dedicates all its efforts to the provision of optimal and accessible medical-hospital care services to hospitalized and outpatient patients. Its mission is to provide excellent health services, developing resources efficiently to contribute to the well-being and improvement of the community.

Back in 2007, Dr. Rivera-Marrero graduated with her medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine. She then went on to perform her internship at Centro Médico Episcopal San Lucas in 2010, followed by her residency in anesthesiology at the University of Puerto Rico in 2015. 

Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. Anesthesiologists have the primary responsibility of monitoring the patient’s vital signs during surgery. In addition to basic measurements such as pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, they measure the patient’s respiration.

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