Dr. Elizabeth Gheisari, MD
Anesthesiologist
3510 N Causeway Blvd Suite 404 Metairie LA, 70002About
Dr. Elizabeth Gheisari is an anesthesiologist practicing in Metairie, LA. Dr. Gheisari 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. Gheisari also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences medical degree 1986
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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Elizabeth Gheisari, who serves patients in Houma, Louisiana.
Well-versed in the field of anesthesiology, Dr. Gheisari is affiliated with South Louisiana Medical Associates, seeing patients at the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center.
South Louisiana Medical Associates located in Houma was formed in 1978 to serve as an educational affiliate of the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation. They employ more than 100 medical providers and host a successful internal medicine residency program at Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center. They believe in personalized attention with their patients as the main focus. That is why they provide care for a multitude of specialties so patients can easily manage their health care with a provider they trust through a single point of contact.
A native of Iran, Dr. Gheisari earned her medical degree from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in 1986. Upon relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine at Jacksonville in 1996, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at Tulane University in 2000.
Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. Anesthesiologists have the primary responsibility of monitoring the patient’s vital signs during surgery. In addition to basic measurements such as pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, they measure the patient’s respiration.
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