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About the Author
Eugenie Heitmiller, M.D. is an associate professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School. She has been an anesthesiologist since 1982 and specializes in anesthesia for children. She finds anesthesiology an exciting and challenging field because of the continuous development of new drugs, new types of operations, and equipment. Most of all, with each new patient comes a new possibility for making what is for most people a difficult and frightening experience a little safer and easier.
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