Dr. Jacob Melville Rothfork M.D.
Anesthesiologist
The University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine 1 University Of New Albuquerque NM, 87131About
Dr. Jacob Rothfork is an anesthesiologist practicing in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Rothfork 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. Rothfork also might help manage pain after an operation.
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University of New Mexico / Main Campus 2008
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