Dr. Charles Higgins MD

Anesthesiologist - Portland, ME

Dr. Charles Higgins specializes in anesthesiology in Portland, Maine. Details of Dr. Higgins' 38 years experience as an MD, his 3 hospital affiliations and education at Boston University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Higgins

Dr. Charles Higgins
Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall St
Portland, ME 04102

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Charles Higgins identified specializing in AnesthesiologyAnesthesiology
An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an operation, an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. The anesthesiologist assesses the risk of the patient undergoing surgery and optimizes the patient's condition prior to, during and after surgery. In addition to these management responsibilities, the anesthesiologists diagnose and treat acute, long standing and cancer pain problems; diagnose and treat patients with critical illnesses or severe injuries; direct resuscitation in the care of patients with cardiac or respiratory emergencies, including the need for artificial ventilation; and supervise post anesthesia recovery.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Anesthesiology.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Higgins is affiliated with 3 hospitals:

Maine General Medical Center - Augusta
6 E Chestnut St
Augusta, ME

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Education

Dr. Higgins attended medical school at Boston University School of Medicine and graduated in 1974 having 38 years experience. Additional Anesthesiology training was conducted at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.