Liver Transplant Center - Albany, GAAlbany General Surgeon Doctors for Liver TransplantType 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 Albany * Albany General Surgery  Albany General Surgery  Surgical Associates of Albany  Surgical Associates of Albany  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Albany Surgical PC  Clarence Calhoun MD  Palmyra Surgical  Phoebe Sumter Physicians Group  Phoebe Sumter Physicians Group  Phoebe Sumter Physicians Group  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates South GA  Surgical Associates South GA  Surgical Associates South GA  Surgical Associates South GA  South Georgia Surgical Clinics  South Georgia Surgical Clinics  South Georgia Surgical Clinics  South Georgia Surgical Clinics  South Georgia Surgical Clinics  Randolph Medical Associates  Stephen L Floore MD  Stewart Webster Hospital EMR  Eric M Lehman DO  Archbold Ctr Wnd Mgmt/Hypbc Med  Archbold Ctr Wnd Mgmt/Hypbc Med  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  South Georgia Surgical Assocs  Charles A Walker MD  Wire Grass Medical Surgical Grp  Wire Grass Medical Surgical Grp  Wire Grass Medical Surgical Grp  Wire Grass Medical Surgical Grp  Dorminy Surgical Associates  Horatio V Cabasares MD PC  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  Martin Army Community Hosp-GNS  South Georgia Vein Center  Hillcrest Urgent Care Center  Surgical Associates Of Valdosta  Surgical Associates Of Valdosta  Surgical Associates Of Valdosta  George P Pennington MD  Stephen T Zeigler MD PC  Barry H Braun MD  Michael J Lalla MD  Quintin M Pulido MD  David W Retterbush MD  Middle Georgia Medical Clinic  Alan P Mcmahan MD  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Georgia Dermatology/Skin Cancer  Health Care South  Enuma & Bronersky-Enuma MDs  Surgical Associates PC  Luton & Daniels MDs  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Luton & Daniels MDs  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  St Francis Center Surgical Care  St Francis Center Surgical Care  St Francis Center Surgical Care  St Francis Center Surgical Care  St Francis Center Surgical Care  St Francis Center Surgical Care  Columbus Regional Wound Center  Howard S Weldon Jr MD  Columbus Medical Associates  Horizons Diagnostics LLC  Richard R Bloom MD  Irwin Surgical & Medical  CRH Surgical Group  CRH Surgical Group  CRH Surgical Group  Upson Surgical Associates Albany, GeorgiaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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