Dr. Michael T Okumura MD
Anesthesiologist
10820 Parkside Dr Knoxville TN, 37934About
Dr. Michael Okumura is an anesthesiologist practicing in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Okumura 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. Okumura also might help manage pain after an operation.
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