Dr. Sharon Clay Risk MD
Anesthesiologist
2730 University Blvd W Suite 104 Silver Spring MD, 20902About
Dr. Sharon Risk is an anesthesiologist practicing in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Risk 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. Risk also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Mechanical Engineering 1982
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