
Dr. Rebecca Laura Downey MD
Anesthesiologist
500 J Clyde Morris Blvd Newport News VA, 23601About
Dr. Rebecca Downey is an anesthesiologist practicing in Newport News, VA. Dr. Downey 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. Downey also might help manage pain after an operation.
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