Dr. Douglas James Martin MD
Anesthesiologist | Critical Care Medicine
3700 California St San Francisco CA, 94118About
Dr. Douglas Martin is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Martin 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. Martin also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1976
McGill University Faculty of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Awards
- San Francisco Super Doctors 2012
Fellowships
- University of Manitoba
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