Dr. Afsaneh Bahmani, MD

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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Afsaneh Bahmani, who serves patients in Los Angeles, California. 

Dr. Bahmani is an anesthesiologist serving Los Angeles and the surrounding communities. Dr. Bahmani completed her residency at the University of Southern California. 

In order to remain up to date in her field, Dr. Bahmani maintains a professional membership with the American Society of Anesthesiologists, which is  an educational, research and scientific society with more than 53,000 members organized to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve patient care. 

Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Bahmani ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. She specializes 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 numbs a specific part of the body. 

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