Dr. Alex Kao MD
Anesthesiologist
350 Hawthorne Ave Oakland CA, 94609About
Dr. Alex Kao is an anesthesiologist practicing in Oakland, CA. Dr. Kao 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. Kao also might help manage pain after an operation.
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