Laparoscopy Center - Sunrise Manor, NVSunrise Manor 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 Sunrise Manor * North Valley Surgery  The Shepherd Eye Center  The Shepherd Eye Center  The Shepherd Eye Center  Luis G N Panuncialman MD FACS  Lawrence D Gardner MD  Western Regional Center for Brain & Spine Surgery  Golam S Choudury MD  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Ronald Hofflander MD  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Sunrise Trauma and General Surgery Services  Center For Children's Surgery  Center For Children's Surgery  Lambert Abeyatunge MD  Neri M Blanco MD  UMC Perinatal  Syed N Ahmed MD  General Surgery Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  General Surgery Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  General Surgery Associates  General Surgery Associates  Mark T Hoepfner MD Surgeons Chartered  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  General Surgery Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  General Surgery Associates  University of Nevada School of Medicine Surgical Associates  Kayvan Taghipour-Khaiabani MD  Desert West Surgery  Desert West Surgery  Desert West Surgery  Desert West Surgery  Desert West Surgery  Desert West Surgery  Breastcare  Nevada Surgery Associates  James S Tate Jr. MD  Brian A Citro MD  Southern Nevada Foot & Ankle Center  Fereydoon Tofigh MD  Advanced Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine  Surgical Weight Control Center Inc  Surgical Weight Control Center Inc  Josette E Spotts MD  Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center  Southern Nevada Surgery Specialists  Southern Nevada Surgery Specialists  General Vascular Specialists  General Vascular Specialists  General Vascular Specialists  Eugene G Porreca MD  Irwin B Simon MD  All American Surgical  Condoleon Surgery Ltd  Francis W Teng MD  General Surgical Consultants LLC  General Surgical Consultants LLC  Southern Nevada Surgery Specialists  Patricia Riley MD  Ming-Wei Wu DO  University Ear Nose & Throat  Advance Laparoscopic & General Surgery of Nevada  Pediatric Surgery Associates  Kevin D Fradkin MD  Pediatric Surgery Associates  Stuart M Hoffman MD  Mountain West Surgical  Larry D Goldstein MD FACS  General Surgery Solutions  Summerlin Surgical Assoc Sunrise Manor, NevadaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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