Dr. Stephen Kwok-sum Chu MD
Anesthesiologist
1900 Sullivan Ave Daly City CA, 94015About
Dr. Stephen Chu is an anesthesiologist practicing in Daly City, CA. Dr. Chu 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. Chu also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 2002
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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