Laparoscopy Center - Salem, ORSalem 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 Salem * Peter A Bernardo MD  Tracs Clinic  Oak Street Surgical Associates  Oak Street Surgical Associates  Oak Street Surgical Associates  Tracs Clinic  Oak Street Surgical Associates  Tracs Clinic  Tracs Clinic  Tracs Clinic  William S Strauss MD  Salem Clinic PC  Salem Clinic PC  Salem Clinic PC  Salem Clinic PC  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Doctors Clinic  Salem Occupational Health Clin  Silverton Health  Silverton Health  Southview Medical Arts  Samaritan Breast Surgical Spec  Mcgreevy & Seppala MDs  Mcgreevy & Seppala MDs  Samaritan Albany Surgical Assoc  Samaritan Albany Surgical Assoc  Samaritan Albany Surgical Assoc  Samaritan Albany Surgical Assoc  Klaus Martin MD  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Samaritan Surgical Specialists  Corvallis Clinic PC  Providence Medical Group  Corvallis Clinic PC  Corvallis Clinic  Lebanon General Surgery  Lebanon General Surgery  Willamette Surgical Specialists  Willamette Surgical Specialists  Surgical & Burn Specialist  Surgical & Burn Specialist  Westside Surgical Specialists  Clackamas Surgical Associates  Clackamas Surgical Associates  Westside Surgical Specialists  Westside Surgical Specialists  Westside Surgical Specialists  Westside Surgical Specialists  Portland Clinic-Tigard  Portland Clinic-Tigard  Portland Clinic-Tigard  Hillsboro Surgical Associates  Hillsboro Surgical Associates  Hillsboro Advanced Surgical  Hillsboro Surgical Associates  Robert S Rath MD  Oregon Breast Center  William F Mcbride MD  Waldorf Center For Plastic Sgy  Waldorf Center For Plastic Sgy  Kaiser Permanente Surgery  Compass Oncology  Kaiser Permanente Surgery  Key Laser Institute  Kaiser Permanente Surgery  Kaiser Permanente Surgery  Kaiser Permanente Surgery  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Edward S Phinney Jr MD  Vincent A Reger MD  Surgical Associates PC  Oregon Hlth&Scncs Univ Gnrl Sgy  Oregon Hlth&Scncs Univ Gnrl Sgy  Deanna K Olson MD  John W Ragsdale MD  Oregon Health/Scnc Univ Vas Sgy  Oregon Health Sci Univ Int Med  Oregon Health/Scnc Univ Vas Sgy  Oregon Health/Scnc Univ Vas Sgy  Oregon Health/Scnc Univ Vas Sgy  Oregon Health/Scnc Univ Vas Sgy  Oregon Health Science Univ  OR Hlth Scnc Univ Adlt Trma Sgy  OHSU Digestive Health Center  OHSU Digestive Health Center  OHSU Digestive Health Center  OHSU Digestive Health Center  OHSU Digestive Health Center  OHSU Digestive Health Center  Oregon Health & Sciences Salem, OregonUpcoming Local Events2013-06-01
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