Dr. Alexander I Gutkin MD
Anesthesiologist
4320 Seminary Rd Alexandria VA, 22304About
Dr. Alexander Gutkin is an anesthesiologist practicing in Alexandria, VA. Dr. Gutkin 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. Gutkin also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Leningrad Pediatric Med Inst, Leningrad, Russia 1996
St Petersburg State Pediatric Med Acad, St Petersburg, Russia 1996
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