Laparoscopy Center - Asheville, NCAsheville General Surgeon Doctors for LaparoscopyType 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 Asheville * Carolina Vascular & Pain Mgmt  Carolina Vascular & Pain Mgmt  Claudine E Siegert MD  Reavis T Eubanks MD PA  Mission Children's Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Regional Surgical Specialists  Western Carolina Wmns Spclty  Skin Care & Vein Center PLLC  Park Ridge Medical Associates  Park Ridge Medical Associates  Park Ridge Medical Associates  Hendersonville Orthopedics  Stuart L Glassman MD  Stuart L Glassman MD  Stuart L Glassman MD  Pisgah Surgical Associates  Pisgah Surgical Associates  Haywood Surgical Associates  Haywood Surgical Associates  Haywood Surgical Associates  Haywood Surgical Associates  Holleman Surgical  Holleman Surgical  Mcdowell Surgical Services  Mcdowell Surgical Services  Mcdowell Surgical Services  Rutherford Surgical Associates  Rutherford Surgical Associates  Rutherford Surgical Associates  Rutherford Surgical Associates  Mountain Valley Surgery  Center For Plastic Surgery  Mountain Medical & Surgical Ctr  Blue Ridge Pulmonary Sleep Ctr  Blue Ridge Pulmonary Sleep Ctr  Jayendra I Patel MD  Edwin H Holler MD  Angel Surgical Associates  Angel Surgical Associates  San Ho Choi MD  Alan F Jacks MD PA  Alan F Jacks MD PA  Shelby Surgical Associates PA  Shelby Surgical Associates PA  Shelby Surgical Associates PA  Shelby Surgical Associates PA  Shelby Surgical Associates PA  Horizon Surgical Specialists  Thomas A Pezzi MD  Horizon Surgical Specialists  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Watauga Surgical Group PA  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Frye Vein & Wound Care Center  Hickory Surgical Clinic  Carolina Surgery Cancer Center  Carolina Surgery Cancer Center  Singh Surgical Associates  E Gary Mcdougal MD  Catawba Surgical Associates  Catawba Surgical Associates  Northstate Medical Group  Aswad Surgical Group  Carolinas Medical Center Sgy  John Sundin MD  John Sundin MD  Metroview Vascular/Srgcl Spec  Gaston Memorial Outpatient Sgy Asheville, North CarolinaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-01
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