Dr. Shawn James Pettis MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
9015 Arbor St Suite 133 Omaha NE, 68124About
Dr. Shawn Pettis is an anesthesiologist practicing in Omaha, NE. Dr. Pettis 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. Pettis also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Creighton University School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
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