Dr. James Elton MD

Anesthesiologist - Salem, VA

Dr. James Elton specializes in anesthesiology in Salem, Virginia. Details of Dr. Elton's 23 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Emory University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Elton

Dr. James Elton
Lewis-Gale Medical Center
1900 Electric Rd
Salem, VA 24153

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. James Elton 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..

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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. Elton is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Lewis-Gale Medical Center
1900 Electric Rd
Salem, VA

Education

Dr. Elton attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine and graduated in 1989 having 23 years experience.

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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.