Laparoscopy Center - Santa Cruz, CASanta Cruz 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 Santa Cruz * Palo Alto Mdcl Fdn Clnc  Palo Alto Mdcl Fdn Clnc  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Palo Alto Medical Foundatn URO  Joel A Weinstein MD  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Surgical Assocs Monterey Bay  Edgar A Gamboa Md  Steven C Smith MD  National Surgical Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Keyvan Bahadi MD  James G Hinsdale MD  James G Hinsdale MD  Gutman Hobson Karin Youn Coughl  James G Hinsdale MD  Manjula M Jeyapalan-Noone MD  Jeffery H Kaplan MD  Gutman Hobson Karin Youn Coughl  James G Hinsdale MD  South Bay Bariatrics  Samaritan Surgical Clinic  Rohaninejad Mohammadreza MD  James G Hinsdale MD  Valerie L Training MD  Randall E Nelson MD  Polyxene G Kokinos MD  San Jose Cardiac Surgery Group  Hrair P Gulesserian MD Inc  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Santa Clara Vlly Med Grp Srgry  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Jin Y Lee MD  Hyun-Kyo Park MD  Tzuoo-Ming Yeh MD  San Jose Medical Group  David O Kang MD  O' Connor Wound Care Clinic  San Jose Medical Group  Hugh G Walsh MD  K Min Yi MD  Amy L Gonsier MD  Chiu J Yuan MD  VA Seaside Clinic  VA Seaside Clinic  Maciej J Kieturakis MD  Shaheen Vein Vascular Nor Cal  Shyamali Mallick Singhal MD  Alfred N Butner MD  Ming Liu MD  Midpeninsula Surgical Assocs  Midpeninsula Surgical Assocs  James E Ramseur MD  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Monterey Peninsula Surgery Ctr  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Palo Alto Medical Foundation  Richard C Zug MD Inc  Cypress Coast Cardiac Surgeons  Advanced Surgical Associates  Advanced Surgical Associates  Advanced Surgical Associates  Rita R Thakur MD  Besosie M Ganal MD  Dennis Salcido MD  Victor W Tsang MD  VA Medical Center General Srgy  VA Medical Center General Srgy Santa Cruz, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-06
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