Dr. Andrew Ellis Pontikes MD
Anesthesiologist
920 STANTON L YOUNG BLVD OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73104About
Dr. Andrew Pontikes is an anesthesiologist practicing in OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. Dr. Pontikes 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. Pontikes also might help manage pain after an operation.
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