Laparoscopy Center - Marietta, GAMarietta 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 Marietta * Wellstar Comprehensive Bariatrc  Georgia Kidney Associates  Wellstar Comprehensive Bariatrc  Breast Center PC  Summit Surgical Specialists  Breast Center PC  Summit Surgical Specialists  Summit Surgical Specialists  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Summit Surgical Specialists  Breast Center PC  Summit Surgical Specialists  Surgical Arts PC  Surgical Arts PC  Georgia Breast Care PC  Georgia Breast Care PC  Georgia Breast Care PC  Advanced Surgical Grp NW GA  Georgia Breast Care PC  Georgia Breast Care PC  Center Videoscopic/Laser Sgy  Austell Road Clinic  Elite Surgical  Breast Center PC  Lynn J Hyland MD  Wellstar Cobb Surgical Assocs  Breast Center PC  Wellstar Cobb Surgical Assocs  Wellstar Cobb Wound Treatment  Wellstar Atlanta General Sgy  Wellstar Atlanta General Sgy  The Injury Wellness Institute  Wellstar Atlanta General Sgy  Atlanta Aesthetic Surgery Ctr  Marc S Lessin MD  Leopold I Pena MD  Breast Care Specialists  Atlanta General Surgery Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assoc  John P Daly MD  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Northside Bariatric Surgery Ctr  Deborah A Martin MD  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Breast Care Specialists  Breast Care Specialists  Breast Care Specialists  Shape Medical Wellness Center  Northwest Georgia Surgical Spec  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Academia Womens Hlth Endo Srg  Plastic Surgery Group Atlanta  Center For Colorectal Health  Gandhi/Sharma Mds  Georgia Colon/Rectal Surg Assoc  Meridian Surgical  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical As  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical As  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical As  Meridian Surgical  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical As  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Barber Surgical Service PC  Stephen M Barnett MD  Kaiser Piedmont Specialty Ctr  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Barber Surgical Service PC  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Piedmont Surgical Associates  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Piedmont Surgical Associates  Barber Surgical Service PC  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Barber Surgical Service PC  Kaiser Piedmont Specialty Ctr  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Piedmont Surgical Associates  Piedmont Atlanta Hsp Trnspl Int  Piedmont Atlanta Hsp Trnspl Int  Kaiser Piedmont General Surgery  Kaiser Piedmont General Surgery  Morehouse School Medicine  Emory Clinic Surgery  Atlanta Surgical Consultants  Surgical Associates Of Atlanta  Emory Clinic Surgery  Precision Surgical  Francis B Owings MD  Emory Clinic Surgery Marietta, GeorgiaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-25
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