Dr. Jose R. Ortiz-cardona M.D.
Anesthesiologist
174 Calle Flamboyan Gurabo PR, 00778About
Dr. Jose Ortiz-cardona is an anesthesiologist practicing in Gurabo, PR. Dr. Ortiz-cardona 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. Ortiz-cardona also might help manage pain after an operation.
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