Dr. Samuel Gilbert Espiritu D.O.
Anesthesiologist
620 JOHN PAUL JONES CIR PORTSMOUTH VA, 23708About
Dr. Samuel Espiritu is an anesthesiologist practicing in PORTSMOUTH, VA. Dr. Espiritu 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. Espiritu also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Pacific State Medical University 1998
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine 2008
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