Laparoscopy Center - South Whittier, CASouth Whittier 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: Surgeon Doctors in South Whittier * Dennis J Sargent & Jeffrey W Kronson MDs  Dennis J Sargent & Jeffrey W Kronson MDs  Alvin Shon MD & Kennith Thompson MD  Alvin Shon MD & Kennith Thompson MD  Eduardo Tovar MD  Rit Liu MD  William P Cannata MD  Herman L Smith MD  Bernardo Rosario MD  Mohammed Fazil MD  Sidney F Kahn MD  Medical & Surgical Clinic  R Govindarajan & S Govindarajan MDs  Nugent & Odou MDs  Nugent & Odou MDs  Robert C Deere & Mark S Minkes MDs  Robert C Deere & Mark S Minkes MDs  Robert C Deere & Mark S Minkes MDs  Moussa Moshfegh MD  Cheng-Hsiung Chen MD  Helene Saad MD  Stephen J McColgan MD  Sacred Heart Family Center  Tri-City Bariatric Specialties  Tri-City Bariatric Specialties  Thomas C Chiu MD  Alfredo Y Jose Jr. MD  Laser Hemorrhoid Center  Alexander A Maglunog MD  St Jude Health Care Med Ctr  James K Yeo MD  Khan J Hameed MD  Nasser Z Mehrizi MD  Carlos A Cervera MD  Sunset Medical Clinic  Mancy Medical Center  Stewart P Wang  Theodore J Jekums MD  Pramod K Batra MD  Samuel K Chung MD  Chin Goo Kim MD  West Covina Medical Clinic  Philip Tsui MD  Willie Goffney MD  Vascular & General Surgery Assoc  Vascular & General Surgery Assoc  Vascular & General Surgery Assoc  Birinder S Brara MD  Gerald Miller MD  Advance Surgeon Medical Group Inc  Facey Medical Group San Gabriel  Advance Surgeon Medical Group Inc  Advance Surgeon Medical Group Inc  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Erkan Ereren MD  Felix R Gaw MD  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Denise Joseph-Brown MD Inc  Matthew Mo MD  David Nejat-Bina MD  Los Alamitos Colorectal Surgical Associates  Lester Asch MD  Vascular & General Surgery Assoc  Ronald C Holness MD & Nathan Chung MD  Ronald C Holness MD & Nathan Chung MD  Gary M Nemhauser MD  Jose N Montano MD  Sonny Oparah MD  Kishore S Tonsekar MD  Awariefe Ridgille & Sims MD  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Comprehensive Surgical Specialists  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Comprehensive Surgical Specialists  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Jose L Rivas MD  G Y Hadjian MD  Amini Medical Clinic  Luis Tincopa MD  Raymond W Leung MD  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery  Magan Medical Clinic  Peter Crookes MD  Parekh & Recabaren MDs  Parekh & Recabaren MDs South Whittier, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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