Dr. Joseph Kwan M.D.
Anesthesiologist
14637 Lacota Pl Sherman Oaks CA, 91403About
Dr. Joseph Kwan is an anesthesiologist practicing in Sherman Oaks, CA. Dr. Kwan 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. Kwan also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 1965
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