Dr. Leon B Briggs MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
2201 Lexington Ave Suite 8b Ashland KY, 41101About
Dr. Leon Briggs is an anesthesiologist practicing in Ashland, KY. Dr. Briggs 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. Briggs also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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