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Dr. Michael Gerald Hernandez MD

Anesthesiologist

1600 Riviera Ave Suite 420 Walnut Creek CA, 94596
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Dr. Michael Hernandez is an anesthesiologist practicing in Walnut Creek, CA. Dr. Hernandez 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. Hernandez also might help manage pain after an operation.

Education and Training

Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1972

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Michael Hernandez, MD

1600 Riviera Ave Suite 420 -
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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