Dr. Peter W Thompson MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1365 Broadway Bangor ME, 04401About
Dr. Peter Thompson is an anesthesiologist practicing in Bangor, ME. Dr. Thompson 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. Thompson also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
University of Vermont College of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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