Kevin Santos, MD

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Get to know Anesthesiologist Dr. Kevin Santos, who serves patients in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Graduating with his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2016, Dr. Santos performed his residency in anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2020.

A New Jersey based anesthesiologist, he evaluates, monitors, and supervises patient care before, during and after surgery, delivering anesthesia and ensuring optimal patient safety. He is a part of Hackensack Anesthesiology Associates, located in Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center.

Founded in 1888 with just 12 beds, Hackensack University Medical Center was Bergen County’s first hospital. Today, this nonprofit, teaching and research hospital has grown to become the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in New Jersey. Its mission is “to provide the full spectrum of life-enhancing care and services to create and sustain healthy, vibrant communities.” 

Anesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during, and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. Anesthesiologists have the primary responsibility of monitoring the patient’s vital signs during surgery. In addition to basic measurements such as pulse, blood pressure, and temperature, they measure the patient’s respiration.

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