Laparoscopy Center - Castro Valley, CACastro Valley 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 Castro Valley * Louise Home MD  Yoshitsugu Teramoto MD  Chuck Van Dang MD  Sara J Reinganum MD  R Scott Snyder MD Incorporated  Brian K Walker MD  Ramine Rao MD  Kaiser Permanente Hosp SGY  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  San Ramon Surgery Center  Barry N Gardiner MD  William N Hamstra DO  Ronald E Cooper MD  Michael L Wynn MD Inc  Michael M Gottlieb MD  William H Brown III MD  Deaconess Pacific Medical Group  Deaconess Pacific Medical Group  Washington Township Med Fndtn  Washington Township Med Fndtn  Washington Township Med Fndtn  Washington Township Med Fndtn  UCSF East Bay Surgery  UCSF East Bay Surgery  Alameda Hospital Physicians  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  UCSF East Bay Surgery  UCSF East Bay Surgery  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  UCSF East Bay Surgery  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  UCSF East Bay Surgery  UCSF East Bay Surgery  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Alameda Cnty Highlnd Hosp Srgy  UCSF East Bay Surgery  UCSF East Bay Surgery  UCSF East Bay Surgery  Palo Alto Mdcl Fdn Gnrl Srgry  Bay Area Breast Surgeons  Bay Area Breast Surgeons  Bay Area Breast Surgeons  Valleycare Medical Foundation  Valleycare Medical Foundation  Valleycare Medical Foundation  Valleycare Medical Foundation  Valleycare Medical Foundation  Valley Surgical Group  Center For Sports Medicine  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Dat T Nguyen MD  Piedmont Primary Care  Kaiser Permanente Oklnd Med Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Oklnd Med Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Oklnd Med Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Oklnd Med Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Oklnd Med Ctr  Bruce D Moorstein MD  Collin A Mbanugo MD  Bruce D Moorstein MD  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  First Surgical Consultants  Walnut Creek Sgcl Assocs Inc  John Muir Wound Care Center  Walnut Creek Sgcl Assocs Inc  Walnut Creek Sgcl Assocs Inc  Deborah L Kerlin MD Inc  John Muir Wound Care Center  Walnut Creek Sgcl Assocs Inc  John Muir Wound Care Center  John Muir Wound Care Center  Walnut Creek Sgcl Assocs Inc  John Muir Mdcl Ctr Surgery  Pediatric Srgcl Assocs East Bay  Tara Starr MD  Robert W Fowler MD  Eileen T Consorti MD  Lawrence Tew Md  Sequoia Surgical Pavilion  Bay Area Surgical Specialists  Bay Area Surgical Specialists  Bay Area Colon & Rectal Sgns Castro Valley, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-07-11
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