Dr. Melinda M Prevost MD
Anesthesiologist
8212 Summa Ave Baton Rouge LA, 70809About
Dr. Melinda Prevost is an anesthesiologist practicing in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Prevost 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. Prevost also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In Shreveport, Shreveport La 1979
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1979
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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