Dr. Robert Dickenson Gilmer M.D.
Anesthesiologist
470 Waldon Rd Abingdon VA, 24210About
Dr. Robert Gilmer is an anesthesiologist practicing in Abingdon, VA. Dr. Gilmer 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. Gilmer also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1973
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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