Dr. Hugh Lee Preas MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
5530 Wisconsin Ave Suite 1620 Chevy Chase MD, 20815About
Dr. Hugh Preas is an anesthesiologist practicing in Chevy Chase, MD. Dr. Preas 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. Preas also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Critical Care Medicine
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