Dr. Pottayil Varkey Thomas M. D.
Anesthesiologist | Critical Care Medicine
1047 Algonquin Rd Norfolk VA, 23505About
Dr. Pottayil Thomas is an anesthesiologist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Thomas 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. Thomas also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Inst of Med Sci, Banaras Hindu Univ, Varanasi, Up, India 1968
Institute of Medical Sciences 1966
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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