
Dr. Michael L Lathem MD
Anesthesiologist
1000 1st St N Alabaster AL, 35007About
Dr. Michael Lathem is an anesthesiologist practicing in Alabaster, AL. Dr. Lathem 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. Lathem also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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