Fundoplication Center - Oak Lawn, IL
Oak Lawn General Surgeon Doctors for FundoplicationType of Physician: General Surgeon What is a General Surgeon? A certification by the Board of Surgery. Practitioners manage a wide range of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. Surgeons provide the diagnosis and the care to patients before, during, and after surgery. They are usually responsible for the comprehensive management of trauma victims and the critically ill. Surgeons have special knowledge and skills in birth defects, tumors, infections, and metabolic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities including the hand, and the gastrointestinal, vascular, and endocrine systems. General surgeons are expected to be familiar with the most relevant features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist. Specialty: General Surgery Common Name: General Surgeon Doctors in Oak Lawn * Advocate Medical Group  Advocate Medical Group  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Christ Medical Center  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Cardiothoracic Vsclr Sgcl Assoc  Advocate Med Grp Gen Sgy  Southwest Nephrology Associates  Pandit Foot & Ankle Clinic  Gerald A Cahill MD  AHK Surgical SC  Larmer & Zhu Mds  AHK Surgical SC  Farhad Vossoughi MD  Larmer & Zhu Mds  Cavero Medical Group  Vijay Bajaj MD SC  Advocate Health Center Beverly  Advocate Health Center Beverly  Ijaz Qayyum MD  Oscar Herbas MD  Dennis E Malecki MD  Pronger Smith Medical Care  Pronger Smith Medical Care  Pronger Smith Medical Care  Pronger Smith Medical Care  Pronger Smith Medical Care  Anil K Lamba MD  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Reymar Clinic  Chicago Medical/Surgical Center  Chicago Medical/Surgical Center  Chicago Medical/Surgical Center  Merlin Kelsick MD  111Th State Medical Center  Sanath Kumar MD  Mercado Foot & Ankle Clinic  Patel & Patel Mds  Lawndale Christian Health Clin  Saint Anthony Physicians Center  Saint Anthony Physicians Center  Saint Anthony Physicians Center  Concentra Urgent Care  Surgical Care Associates  Surgical Care Associates  Surgical Care Associates  Surgical Care Associates  Allan J Fredland MD  Consulting Surgeons  Midwest Surgical Associates  Consulting Surgeons  Consulting Surgeons  Consulting Surgeons  Thomas J Vasdekas MD  Consulting Surgeons  Mount Sinai Hosp General Surgry  Sinai Medical Group Nrsrgry  Mount Sinai Hosp General Surgry  Sinai Medical Group Nrsrgry  Mount Sinai Hosp General Surgry  Mount Sinai Hosp General Surgry  Provident Hospital Surgery  Provident Hospital Surgery  University Chicago Med Ctr PS  University Chicago Med Ctr PS  Washington Cicero Medical Clin  University Chicago Med Ctr PS  University Chicago Med Ctr Sgy  Univ Chcg Mdcl Ctr Gnrl Sgy  University Chicago General Sgy  University Chicago General Sgy  University Chicago Medical Ctr  University of Chicago Hospital  University of Chicago Hospital  University Chicago Medical Ctr  University Chicago Medical Ctr  University of Chicago Urology  University of Chicago Urology  Center For Advanced Medicine  Center For Advanced Medicine  Donald D Nash MD  Loyola Univ Surgical Oncology  Loyola Univ Surgical Oncology  Loyola University Mdcl Cntr Cln  Loyola University Outpatint Sgy  Loyola University Medical Ctr  Loyola Univ Med Ctr Thrcc Sgy  Loyola Uni Med Ctr Burn Trm Cli  Loyola Univ Surgical Oncology  Loyola Univ Med Ctr Gnrl Srgry Oak Lawn, IllinoisUpcoming Local Events2013-06-29
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