Dr. Rafik R Attia M.D.
Anesthesiologist
690 Canton St Suite 325 Westwood MA, 02090About
Dr. Rafik Attia is an anesthesiologist practicing in Westwood, MA. Dr. Attia 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. Attia also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The placenta as a possible source of gut peptide hormones.
- Teaching effectiveness: evaluation of computer-assisted instruction for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Myocardial ischemia due to infrarenal aortic cross-clamping during aortic surgery in patients with severe coronary artery disease.
- Susceptibility to severe Streptococcal sepsis: use of a large set of isogenic mouse lines to study genetic and environmental factors.
- Release of vasoactive intestinal peptide in the central nervous system in man.
- Release of vasoactive intestinal peptide in the central nervous system in man.
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