Laparoscopy Center - Auburn, WAAuburn 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 Auburn * Multicare General Surgery  South Sound Surgery  Fox Skins Dmnd Prgrm Wght Mngmt  Franciscan Medical Group  Franciscan Medical Group  Franciscan Medical Group  C Gabriel Alperovich MD  Barigens Clinic  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Peter V Kilburn DO  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Center For Weight Loss Surgery  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Covington Multicare Clinic  Valley Surgical Specialists  Covington Multicare Clinic  Valley General Surgery  Valley Surgical Associates  Valley General Surgery  Valley General Surgery  Valley Surgical Specialists  Puyallup Surgery Center  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Meridian Surgery Center  Southwest Seattle Orthopedics  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Franciscan Medical Group  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Center/Minimally Invasive Sgy  Erwin & Rone MDs  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  K-Y Surgical Associates  Franciscan Medical Clinic Enumc  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  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Stephen Atkinson MD  Kenneth J Ritter MD  Enumclaw Medical Ctr Cole St  Franciscan Surgical Assoc Pearl  Pacific Medical Center  Pacific Medical Center  Virginia Mason Issaquah Clinic  Group Health General Surgery  Group Health General Surgery  Group Health General Surgery  Group Health General Surgery  Group Health General Surgery  Group Health General Surgery  Overlake Medical Clinic Surgery  Swedish Medical Group  Swedish Eastside Surgeons  Naficy Rejuvenation Center  Swedish Medical Group  Swedish Medical Group  Overlake Medical Clinic Surgery  Swedish Eastside Surgeons  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency Auburn, WashingtonUpcoming Local Events2013-06-14
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