Dr. Melissa Anderson Laxton MD
Anesthesiologist
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Melissa Laxton is an anesthesiologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Laxton 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. Laxton also might help manage pain after an operation.
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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- Member American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Member Forsyth-Stokes county Medical Society
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