Laparoscopy Center - New Haven, CTNew Haven 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 New Haven * Yale Smilow Cancer Center  Richard J Restifo MD  Yale New Haven Transplant Ctr  Surgical Associates New Haven  Yale-New Haven Hospital GAS  Connecticut Gastroenterology  Yale-New Haven Hospital GAS  Surgical Associates New Haven  Yale-New Haven Hospital GAS  Temple Surgical Center  Surgical Associates New Haven  Yale Trauma Surgical Critcl Cc  Yale University Surgical GI  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Yale New Haven Breast Center  General Surgery PC  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Robert B Schlessel MD  Yale University/Yale Med Grp  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Elmer L Valin MD  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Elmer L Valin MD  Elmer L Valin MD  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Orchard Surgical Specialists  New Haven Surgical Associates  Vazrick Mansourian MD PC  General Surgery Associates  Hospital Of Saint Raphael Surgy  Yale Surgical Specialties  Yale Surgical Specialties  Yale Surgical Specialties  Yale Surgical Specialties  Yale Surgical Specialties  VA Surgical Services  General & Laparoscopic Surgery  Ciardiello Bonadies Aversa Sgy  Ciardiello Bonadies Aversa Sgy  Ciardiello Bonadies Aversa Sgy  Raymond J Ippolito MD  Surgical Assocs Of Milford PC  Surgical Assocs Of Milford PC  Surgical Assocs Of Milford PC  Yale Podiatry Group  Yale Podiatry Group  Prime Med Surgical Specialists  Prime Med Surgical Specialists  Affiliated Foot Care Center LLC  Midstate Medical Group Surgical  Midstate Medical Group Surgical  Midstate Medical Group Surgical  Midstate Medical Group Surgical  Ehrlich Bariatrics  Hartford Healthcare Med Grp  Advanced Wound Care& Hyperbaric  Advanced Wound Care& Hyperbaric  Advanced Wound Care& Hyperbaric  Advanced Wound Care& Hyperbaric  Franklin Surgical Suite  Middlebury Surgical LLC  Middlebury Surgical LLC  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  General Surgeons of Bridgeport  General Surgeons of Bridgeport  General Surgeons of Bridgeport  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Bridgeport Hospital Surgery  Bridgeport Hospital Surgery  Chase Laser & Vein Center  Abdulmasih Zarif MD LLC  Daniel J Passeri MD  Patrick M Rocco MD LLC  Central Connecticut Surgeons  Aesthetic Surgery Associates  Alliance Medical Group  Alliance Medical Group  Alliance Medical Group  Alliance Medical Group  Alliance Medical Group  Surgical Associates Of CT  Surgical Associates Of CT  Vincent A Manjoney Jr MD  St Vincents Medical Center Surg  Felix B Mpuku MD  St Vincents Multi-Specialty Grp  Advanced Surgical Associates  Med Surg LLC  Park Avenue Surgical Associates  Health Specialists Of Southbury  Breast Oncology Center  Peter D Zdankiewicz MD  Polokoff Breast Care  Polokoff Breast Care  Bristol Surgical Group  Bristol Surgical Group New Haven, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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