Laparoscopy Center - Roswell, GARoswell 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 Roswell * Center For Colon & Rectal Hlth  Rockbridge Surgical Institute  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Rockbridge Surgical Institute  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  Kaiser Permanente Glenlake  John S Harvey MD  Plastic Surgery Group Atlanta  Academia Womens Hlth Endo Srg  Breast Care Specialists  Atlanta General Surgery Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assoc  John P Daly MD  Northside Bariatric Surgery Ctr  Deborah A Martin MD  Breast Care Specialists  Breast Care Specialists  Breast Care Specialists  Raj K Gandhi MD  Georgia Colon & Rectal Surgical  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical PC  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical PC  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical PC  Ruben Luke & Garcha Surgical PC  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  Laparoscopic & Endoscpc Sgy Ins  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  North Atlanta Surgical Assocs  Shape Medical Wellness Center  Marc S Lessin MD  Berkshire Surgical  Atlanta Reflux Group  Cosmo Health Care  Kaiser Piedmont Specialty Ctr  Atlanta Aesthetic Surgery Ctr  Kaiser Piedmont Specialty Ctr  Clinica Union  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  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Breast Center PC  Wellstar Comprehensive Bariatrc  Georgia Kidney Associates  Wellstar Comprehensive Bariatrc  Southern Surgical Associates  Meridian Surgical  Surgical Assistance of America  Robert C Fritz MD  Meridian Surgical  Summit Surgical Specialists  Summit Surgical Specialists  Summit Surgical Specialists  Summit Surgical Specialists  Summit Surgical Specialists  Surgical Arts PC  Surgical Arts PC  Johns Creek Surgery  Johns Creek Surgery  Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery  Victory Vascular  Kaiser Piedmont General Surgery  Kaiser Piedmont General Surgery  Center Videoscopic/Laser Sgy  Barber Surgical Service PC  Stephen M Barnett MD  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Barber Surgical Service PC  Piedmont Surgical Associates  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Piedmont Surgical Associates  Barber Surgical Service PC  J Dewayne Colquitt MD  Barber Surgical Service PC  Piedmont Surgical Associates  Piedmont Atlanta Hsp Trnspl Int  Piedmont Atlanta Hsp Trnspl Int  Elite Surgical  Emory Clinic-Transplant  Emory Bariatrics Clinic  Emory Bariatrics Clinic  Emory Clinic Transplant  Emory Clinic-Transplant Roswell, GeorgiaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-25
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