Hernia Center - Altoona, PA
Altoona General Surgeon Doctors for HerniaType 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 Altoona * Blair Surgical Associates  Blair Surgical Associates  Blair Surgical Associates  Blair Surgical Associates  Cove Surgical Associates  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Cove Surgical Associates  Allegheny Rgnl Sgcl Assocs  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  Richard Samuel Magee MD  Allegheny Rgnl Sgcl Assocs  Cove Surgical Associates  Altoona Regional Hospital Traum  VA Medical Center Surgery  Advanced Vein & Lazer Center  Victor H Santillan MD  Surgical Associates-Huntingdon  Moshannon Valley Surgical Clinc  Amr O Shawarby MD  Geisinger Medical Group  Geisinger Medical Group  Geisinger Medical Group  James H Vreeland MD  Windber Care Surgical Assocs  Windber Care Surgical Assocs  Allegheny Surgical  Windber Care Surgical Assocs  Clear Medical  Polintan & Dotsey Mds  Douglas B Yingling MD  Conemaugh Valley Surgeons  Conemaugh Valley Surgeons  Conemaugh Valley Surgeons  Conemaugh Valley Surgeons  Conemaugh Valley Surgeons  Johnstown Breast Center  Patti A Stefanick DO  Circulatory Center/Pennsylvania  Circulatory Center/Pennsylvania  Mount Nittany Physicians Group  Mount Nittany Physicians Group  Mount Nittany Center Wound Care  Geisinger Medical Group  Fulton County Med Ctr Spec Clnc  Fulton County Med Ctr Spec Clnc  Fulton County Med Ctr Spec Clnc  Eric C Lundgren MD  Larry G Schachter MD  Theodor I Kaufman MD  Bizousky & Lingenfelter MDs  Andrew Billon MD  Mark E Boykiw MD  Indiana Regional Medical Center  Indiana Regional Medical Center  Somerset Surgical Associates  Vallemont Surgical Associates  Regional Ambulatory Surgery Ctr  Elk Regional Health Center  Elk Regional Hlth Ctr Phys Svcs  Summit Surgcl Grp Chambersburg  Stephen L Carter MD  Summit Surgcl Grp Chambersburg  Summit Surgcl Grp Chambersburg  Summit Surgcl Grp Chambersburg  Robert E Sheep MD  DRMC Brookville General Surgery  Excela Health General Surgery  Excela Health Of General Srgy  Excela Health Of General Srgy  Excela Health Of General Srgy  William T Newman MD  Armstrong Surgical Associates  Armstrong Surgical Associates  Summit Surgical Grp Waynesboro  Summit Surgical Grp Waynesboro  Westmoreland Hsptl Gnrl Srgry  Westmoreland Hsptl Gnrl Srgry  Westmoreland Hsptl Gnrl Srgry  Westmoreland Hsptl Gnrl Srgry  Westmoreland Hsptl Gnrl Srgry  George L Austin MD  Excela Health General Surgery  Excela Health General Surgery  Excela Health General Surgery  Excela Health General Surgery  Tri-County Occupational Mdcn  Surgical Associates Of Clarion  Surgical Associates Of Clarion  Excela Health General Surgery  Carlisle Surgical Institute  KCH Summit Medical Park  Carlisle Surgical Institute  Carlisle Surgical Institute  Khaldon Al-Saadi MD  Vascular Associates PC  Kunkul Surgical Group Altoona, PennsylvaniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-22
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