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Can anesthesiologist perform plastic surgeries?

I have learned that anesthesiogist can't perform surgeries, so i would like to know if that includes plastic surgeries.

Public Comments

1. No they cannot. Their job is to closely monitor the anesthesia they give you so you don't die from it.
2. Not a surgeon!!! They just put you to sleep, keep you alive, and wake you up!
3. No, not unless he/she has had training in that field as well. An anesthesiologist has a very special and important task, and that is to give you the least amount of anesthetic possible during your surgery, to keep you just barely "under" and pain-free, so as to cause the fewest side effects of the chemical. This allows your surgeon, of whatever kind, to do his/her job without worrying if he/she is causing you pain.
4. Yes, it includes plastic surgery as well. You have to be certified to do any surgery, so an anesthesiologist cannot do ANY kind of surgery, UNLESS he/she is also certified to do so. Highly unlikely but could happen.
5. no- hospitals will not credential an anesthesiologist to do those procedures.
6. Only if he/she has had training to do that. It would require years of surgical training in order to be any good at it. I do know of some anesthesiologists who do laser skin treatment and spider vein sclerosis, but they trained separately to do that. (I also know obstetricians who do the same thing. It's a money making venture.) We tend to stick to what we're trained to do. Besides, surgery is so tedious.... all the fun is on the other side of the drapes :D