Adam Wilkens DO
Anesthesiologist
1955 W FRYE RD CHANDLER AZ, 85224About
Dr. Adam Wilkens is an anesthesiologist practicing in CHANDLER, AZ. Dr. Wilkens 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. Wilkens also might help manage pain after an operation.
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