Laparoscopy Center - Florissant, MOFlorissant 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 Florissant * Christian Hospital Breast Ctr  Sharad P Parikh MD  North St Lewis County Gen Sgy  Cameo Breast Center  Wound Care Center  North County Surgery  North County Surgery  Joshua E Jensen MD  Christian Hospital Surgery  North County Surgery  James W Knight MD  Surgical Center of St Louis  Depaul Medical Group  Depaul Medical Group  Depaul Medical Group  Depaul Medical Group  Depaul Medical Group  Berwald Surgical Medical Inc  Marco A Castaneda MD  Jones Eye Care & Surgery  SSM Weight Loss Institute  St Louis General Surgery  Parkside Surgery & Medicine  Saint Louis Connectcare  Saint Louis Connectcare  Saint Louis Connectcare  Saint Louis Connectcare  Saint Louis Connectcare  Advanced Surgical Care  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  Levi S Kirkland MD  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  SSM Surgical/Vascular Spclsts  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Vein Specialties  Colon & Rectal Surgery  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Washington Univ Schl-Medcn GAS  Colon & Rectal Surgery  Washngtn Univ Schl Medcn Trplnt  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Colon & Rectal Surgery  Washington Univ Schl-Medcn GAS  Washngtn Univ Schl Medcn Trplnt  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Washngtn Univ Schl Medcn Trplnt  Minimally Invasive Surgery  Washngtn Univ Schl Medcn Trplnt  Saint Charles Clinic Med Grp  Saint Charles Clinic Med Grp  Barnes Jewish Hospital Surgery  Mercy Hyperbarics & Wound Care  Mercy Hyperbarics & Wound Care  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Associates  St Louis VA Medical Center Orth  Surgical Diagnostics Therapy  Alton Surgery  Tempo Surgical  Slucare Physicians  Slucare Physicians  Saint Louis University Hosp Sgy  Slucare Physicians  Saint Louis University Hosp Sgy  Slucare Physicians  Saint Louis University Hosp Sgy  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Cardiovascular/Thr  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Children's Surgery  James Coyle MD  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  James Coyle MD  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Trauma & Surgery  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Mercy Clinic Surgical Speclsts  Arenos Inc  Midwest Vascular/General Sgy  Pruett Surgical Florissant, MissouriUpcoming Local Events2013-05-25
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