Dr. Gary Thomas Kirchhoff M.D.
Anesthesiologist
801 South Adams Street Petersburg VA, 23803About
Dr. Gary Kirchhoff is an anesthesiologist practicing in Petersburg, VA. Dr. Kirchhoff 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. Kirchhoff also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Ponce Sch of Med, Ponce Pr 1984
Ponce Med School 1984
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pneumothorax during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
- Left bronchial intubation by a single-lumen tube in adults: effects of bevel and curvature.
- Prolonged neuromuscular block after mivacurium in a patient with end-stage renal disease.
- Modification of a nasopharyngeal airway and transfusion extension tubing as an earpiece.
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