Dr. Matthew Bloch MD
Anesthesiologist
690 Canton St Suite 325 Westwood MA, 02090About
Dr. Matthew Bloch is an anesthesiologist practicing in Westwood, MA. Dr. Bloch 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. Bloch also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 1998
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Treatments
- Intensive Care
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital 2003
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Fellow 2002
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