Dr. Benjamin Iain Kightlinger M.D.
Anesthesiologist
1072 Barbados Way Charleston SC, 29412About
Dr. Benjamin Kightlinger is an anesthesiologist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Kightlinger 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. Kightlinger also might help manage pain after an operation.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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