Hernia Center - Lakewood, WA
Lakewood 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 Lakewood * Franciscan Surgical Associates  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Franciscan Surgical Associates  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Kenneth J Ritter MD  Franciscan Surgical Assoc Pearl  K-Y Surgical Associates  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Franciscan Medical Group  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Center/Minimally Invasive Sgy  Mary Brdg Otptnt Pre-Op Sgy Ctr  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Trauma Trust  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Trauma Trust  Trauma Trust  Trauma Trust  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Trauma Trust  Multicare Gig Harbor Med Pk  Franciscan Surgical Associates  Meridian Surgery Center  Puyallup Surgery Center  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Virginia Mason Medical Center  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Peter V Kilburn DO  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  Center For Weight Loss Surgery  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  Olympia Aerospace Medical  Kyle W Chapman MD  Multicare General Surgery  South Sound Surgery  Fox Skins Dmnd Prgrm Wght Mngmt  Southwest Seattle Orthopedics  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Group Hth Olmp Med Ctr Gnrl Sgy  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Group Health Olympia Med Ctr  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Olympia Internal Mdcn Assocs  Pacific Surgical Weightloss Ctr  Franciscan Med Clnc/Port Orchar  South Snd Sgry Ctr/Olymp Doing  C Gabriel Alperovich MD  Barigens Clinic  Valley Surgical Specialists  Valley Surgical Specialists  Valley Surgical Associates  Valley General Surgery  Valley General Surgery  Valley Surgical Specialists  Gregory E Keyes MD  Covington Multicare Clinic  Covington Multicare Clinic  Bremerton Naval Hosp Genrl Sgy  Bremerton Naval Hosp Genrl Sgy  Bremerton Naval Hosp Genrl Sgy  South Sound Surgical Associates  South Sound Surgical Associates  Northwest Surgical Group Lakewood, WashingtonUpcoming Local Events2013-06-14
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