Dr. Rafael Augusto Lopez-torres M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Barrio Rincon, Sector Lomas, carretera 13, Km 12.0 Cayey PR, 00737About
Dr. Rafael Lopez-torres is an anesthesiologist practicing in Cayey, PR. Dr. Lopez-torres 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. Lopez-torres also might help manage pain after an operation.
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