Dr. Donald Alan Thornton MD
Anesthesiologist
104 W 5th Ave Suite 230e Spokane WA, 99204About
Dr. Donald Thornton is an anesthesiologist practicing in Spokane, WA. Dr. Thornton 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. Thornton also might help manage pain after an operation.
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