Laparoscopy Center - Potomac, MDPotomac 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 Potomac * Max H Cohen MD  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys Grp  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys  Ernest D Hanowell MD DC  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys  Armin K Moshyedi MD  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys Grp  Impatient Surgical Consultants  Advanced Surgery  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Nancy R Markus MD  Advanced Surgery  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Lawrence R Starin MD  James W Robey MD  Said A Daee MD  Alan B Kravitz MD  Jeffrey P Muench MD  Dany Westerband MD  Dupont Urogynecology Center  Womens Surgery Center  Juvenal R Goicochea MD  Walter Reed Natl Md Ctr Gen Sgy  Walter Reed Medical Hospital  Walter Reed Natl Md Ctr Gen Sgy  Eric A Oristian MD  Louis A Ivey MD  Private Surgical Suite LLC  Private Surgical Suite LLC  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permnnt Knsngtn Mdcl Ctr  Proyecto Salud Clinic  Betsy Ballard MD  Narieman A Nik MD  Forest Glen Surgical Spclty Ctr  Rafiq A Mian MD  Forest Glen Surgical Spclty Ctr  Olivier L Kreitmann MD  Metro Surgical Center  Silver Spring Medical Center  Arthur F Woodward MD  Capital Surgeons  Med Star Partner Fmy Prac/Sgy  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Washington Adventist Hosp Srgry  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Garry D Ruben MD  Healthcare Of Greater Washingtn  Healthcare Of Greater Washingtn  Healthcare Of Greater Washingtn  Healthcare Of Greater Washingtn  Haluk Boneval MD  Gustavo A Restorative MD  Jamshid M Taheri MD  Mohammad A Khan MD  R P Limpuangthip MDs  Willie C Blair MD  Vijayan Charles MD  Luat D Duckett MD  Brajendra N Misra MD  Surgical Associates  Community Surgical Practice  Surgical Associates  Tristan J Orellano MD  Antonio B Valentin MD  Sarabjit S Anand MD  Habib A Bhutta MD  Signature Breast Care  Michelle D Thomas MD  Washington Surgical Specialists  Washington Surgical Specialists  Elias G Debbas MD  Washington Surgical Specialists  Hassan A Barakat MD  Camp Springs Medical Center  Surgical Associates  Malcolm Grow Med Ctr Gnrl Sgy  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Malcolm Grow Med Ctr Gnrl Sgy  Richard L Feinberg MD  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Rene L Gelber MD PC  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Kaiser Permanente Largo Med Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Largo Med Ctr Potomac, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2013-07-20
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