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Dr. Kenneth Earl Shepherd MD
Anesthesiologist | Critical Care Medicine
55 Fruit St Anesthesia Associate Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Kenneth Shepherd is an anesthesiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Shepherd 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. Shepherd also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Eastern Virginia Medical School 1982
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Practice At 55 Fruit St Anesthesia Associates
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