Dr. Joseph Richard Barber MD
Anesthesiologist
1092 Town N Country Dr Wilkesboro NC, 28697About
Dr. Joseph Barber is an anesthesiologist practicing in Wilkesboro, NC. Dr. Barber 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. Barber also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Georgetown University in Washington DC 2007
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 2006
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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