Robert J Coombs D.D.
Anesthesiologist
1063 Us 23 N Alpena MI, 49707About
Dr. Robert Coombs is an anesthesiologist practicing in Alpena, MI. Dr. Coombs 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. Coombs also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Hlth Sci, Coll of Osteo Med, Kansas City Mo 1975
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