Laparoscopy Center - Edmond, OKEdmond 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 Edmond * General Surgery Associates  Edmond General Surgery  Edmond General Surgery  Noel R Williams MD  Weight Wise Bariatric Program  Weight Wise Bariatric Program  Mercy General Surgery  Mercy General Surgery  Kevin M Mcmullen MD  Mercy Breast Care  Kenneth L Crawford MD  Mercy Breast Care  Ali S Zaza MD  James A Totoro MD PLLC  Plastic Surgery & DER Associate  Integris Baptist  Integris Baptist  Christopher D Carey MD  Rowlan Surgical  Robert N Cooke MD  Ned D Hemric Jr MD  Teresa M Shavney MD  Russell S Gornichec MD  Russell S Gornichec MD  Michael O Riggs MD  OU Medical Ctr Presbyterian Twr  Surgical Specialists Inc  OU Medical Ctr Presbyterian Twr  Oklahoma University Medical Ctr  Oklahoma University Medical Ctr  Children's Hospital Ped Sgy  Children's Hospital Ped Sgy  Oklahoma University Medical Ctr  Children's Hospital Ped Sgy  Children's Hospital Ped Sgy  OU Physicians Surgery  OU Physicians Plastic Surgery  OU Physicians Surgery  OU Physicians Surgery  OU Physicians Surgery  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Russell L Hanan MD  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Saint Anthony Sgcl Breast Care  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Riverwalk Surgical Services  Ganga M Pujari MD  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Deaconess Wound Care/Hyper Clin  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Oklahoma Surgical Group  Quang M Tu MD  Southwest Specialty Clinics  Journey Clinic  General Surgery Of Moore  Canadian Valley Surgical Assocs  Canadian Valley Surgical Assocs  Ronnie L Keith DO  Ronnie L Keith DO  Norman Surgical Associates  Norman Surgical Associates  Norman Surgical Associates  Norman Surgical Associates  Gerald W Mccullough MD  Larry A Burns DO  Vladimir Holy MD  Shawnee Medical Center Clinic  St Anthonys Fam Healthcare  Shawnee Medical Center Clinic  Shawnee Medical Center Clinic  Stillwater Surgical Associates  Stillwater Surgical Associates  Stillwater Surgical Associates  Five Oaks Medical Group  Five Oaks Medical Group  Southern Plains Medical Center  Southern Plains Medical Center  Southern Plains Medical Center  Southern Plains Medical Center  Cushing General Surgery  Cimarron Health Care Center  Surgical Associates of Enid  Surgical Associates of Enid  Surgical Associates of Enid  H Chayne Fisher DO  Okeene Hospital Medical Clinic  Gordon P Laird DO Inc  Physicians/Surgeons Pauls Valy  Kay County Surgical Associates  North Central Oklahoma Surgical  Robert L Waddell MD  Skin Clinic  James A Glasgow MD  Skin Clinic  Chickasaw Nation Med Cnt Fmp  Che Miller MD  Richard M Albertson MD  Robert J Weedn MD Inc  Memorial Medical Group GNS Edmond, OklahomaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-01
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