Dr. Robert Arnold Klein, MD

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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Robert Arnold Klein, who serves patients in Phoenix, Arizona.

A trusted anesthesiologist Dr. Klein sees patients at his private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. He can also be found on staff at Saint Joseph Hospital & Medical Center, and Banner University Medical Center Phoenix.

Educated in the United States, he graduated with his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1977, and completed his residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. Anesthesiologists have the primary responsibility of monitoring the patient’s vital signs during surgery. In addition to basic measurements such as pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, they measure the patient’s respiration.

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