Laparoscopy Center - Wilmington, DEWilmington 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 Wilmington * Medical Group Christiana Care  Dinesh G Kotak MD  Mid Atlantic Surgical Practice  Mid Atlantic Surgical Practice  Mid Atlantic Surgical Practice  Delaware Surgical Group  Advanced Surgical Specialist  Virginia B Clemmer MD  Nabil F Warsal MD PA  Christiana Care Wound Care Ctr  Robert D Mcgarrigle DO  Limestone Medical Aid Unit LLC  Delaware Surgical Group  Surgical Care Associates PA  Delaware Surgical Group  William C Egan MD  Delaware Surgical Group  Christiana Institute Adv Sgy  Christiana Institute Adv Sgy  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Surgical & Critical Care Assocs  Christiana Care Surgery  Raafat Z Abdel-Misih MD  Raafat Z Abdel-Misih MD  Breast Surgeons At HFGCC  Breast Surgeons At HFGCC  Greg R Pahnke MD  Breast Surgeons At HFGCC  James I Tikellis MD  Greg R Pahnke MD  First State Vein & Laser Center  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Delaware Surgery Center  Surgical Associates  Eden Health Surgical Group  Surgical Associates  Eden Health Surgical Group  Eden Health Surgical Group  Dover Surgical Associates  Dover Surgical Associates  Wolf Creek Surgeons  Glenn E Graybeal MD PA  Atlantic Surgical Associates  Atlantic Surgical Associates  Clara M Higgins DO  Clara M Higgins DO  Delaware Bay Surgical Services  Cape Surgical Associates  Cape Surgical Associates  Cape Surgical Associates  Delmarva Hand Specialist  Nanticoke Physicians Network  Nanticoke Surgical Associates  Nanticoke Surgical Associates  Alae Zarif MD  Alae Zarif MD Wilmington, DelawareUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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