Laparoscopy Center - Kansas City, MOKansas City 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 Kansas City * Legacy Oregon Surgical  Children's Mercy Hosp & Clins  Truman Specialty Clinic  University Physician Associates  University Physician Associates  Truman Specialty Clinic  Truman Specialty Clinic  University Physician Associates  Truman Medical Center Crdlgy  University Physician Associates  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Saint Lukes Surgical Spec  Heartland Surgical Associates  Northland General Surgery PC  Heartland Surgical Associates  Northland General Surgery PC  Northland General Surgery PC  Heartland Surgical Associates  Northland General Surgery PC  Heartland Surgical Associates  Northland General Surgery PC  Heartland Surgical Associates  Midwest Trauma  Midwest Trauma  Gregory Ridge Living Center  Saint Lukes North Surgical Grp  Surgical Group of Kansas City  Saint Luke's Northland Surgical  Paul R Torres MD  Steven H Behrends MD  Surgical Consultants  Carondelet Surgical Associates  Carondelet Surgical Associates  Colorectal Surgery Assocs PC  Carondelet Surgical Associates  Westowne Surgical Services PC  Vas-Nes PC  Surgery Center Liberty Hosp  Surgery Center Liberty Hosp  Surgical Care of Independence  Surgical Care of Independence  Surgical Care of Independence  Independence Surgical Clinic  Independence Surgical Clinic  Independence Surgical Clinic  Advanced Surgical Associates  Advanced Surgical Associates  Advanced Surgical Associates  Mutchnick Reynolds Mds  Mutchnick Reynolds Mds  Midwest Medicine Associates LLC  Midwest Medicine Associates LLC  CMC General Surgery ENT Clinic  CMC General Surgery ENT Clinic  CMC General Surgery ENT Clinic  Lathrop Medical Clinic  Ray County Outpatient Clinic  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Clinic General Sgy  Heartland Weight Management  Rodgers Lafayette Dntl/Hlth Cnt  Westside Medical  Saint Joseph Specialty Clinic  Savannah Medical Clinic  Bates County Mem Hosp Outpatnt  Surgical Services Warrensburg  Surgical Services Warrensburg  Golden Valley Medical Plaza  St Luke's Family Medicl Clinton  Golden Valley Medical Plaza  Hedrick Surgical Associates  St Francis Family Health Care  St Francis Family Health Care  St Francis Family Health Care  Nevada Regional Medical Center  Nevada Regional Medical Center  Nevada Regional Medical Center  Marshall Surgical Associates  Elfrink Surgical  Surgical Services Sedalia LLC  Surgical Services Sedalia LLC Kansas City, MissouriKansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses 318 square miles (820 km2) in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County, the other being Independence, just to the city's east. The city also serves as the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, second largest in Missouri, and largest with territory in Kansas (Wichita is the largest metropolitan area anchored in Kansas). Upcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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