Liver Transplant Center - Altadena, CAAltadena 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 Altadena * Vena Vascular Laboratory  Thuc T Bach MD  Sheilah M Clayton MD  Huntington Hospital Surgery Res  Huntington Memorial Hospital  Huntington Memorial Hospital  Huntington Hospital Surgery Res  Huntington Memorial Hospital  Huntington Hospital Surgery Res  Huntington Hospital Surgery Res  Hernia Center/Southern Californ  Hernia Center/Southern Californ  Michele M Montllor MD  Keck Medical Center USC Pasadna  Magdi G Alexander Ziba Chavoshi  Dr David Lourie MD INC  Premiere Plastic Surgery  David R Martin MD  Premiere Plastic Surgery  Wes Powell Md  Premiere Plastic Surgery  Thomas L Vander Laan MD  City Of Hope Medical Foundation  City Of Hope Medical Foundation  Wound Care Advantage  Shirish C Patel MD  Facey Medical Group San Gabriel  I Acosta MD Inc  Ara Keshishian MD APMC  Philip M L Tsui MD  Comprehensive Crdvsclr Specs  Hubert W Chow MD  Advanced Surgeon Medical Group  Advanced Surgeon Medical Group  Advanced Surgeon Medical Group  Advanced Surgeon Medical Group  Diagnostic Heart Center  California Bariatric Gen Sgy  California Bariatric Gen Sgy  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Arcadia Surgical Associates  California Bariatric Gen Sgy  Arcadia Surgical Associates  Foothill Surgical Specialists  Foothill Surgical Specialists  Surgical Multispecialty Med Grp  Surgical Multispecialty Med Grp  Surgical Multispecialty Med Grp  Surgical Multispecialty Med Grp  Matthew K Mo MD  David Hsu MD  Shiun T Ker MD  Thomas T Chiu MD  Tirso Del Junco Jr MD  Diversify Medical Group  Cheng-Hsiung Chen MD  Slim Band Weight Loss Center  Brand Surgical Institute Inc  Antonio K Ong MD  Alfonso L Barragan MD  United Multi-Care Health Center  Gevorg A Mutafyan MD  Garofalo DPM & Springer MD  Colo Rectal Surgery Institute  Helen H Kang MD  Colo Rectal Surgery Institute  Colo Rectal Surgery Institute  Colo Rectal Surgery Institute  James Lee MD  Medical Clinic-Surgical Specs  Perez Surgical Medical Group  Perez Surgical Medical Group  Lincoln Heights Medical Center  Keck Medical Ctr USC Thrc Sgy  Keck Hospital of USC Surgery  USC Surgeons Inc  Keck Hospital of USC Surgery  USC Surgeons Inc  USC Surgeons Inc  USC Surgeons Inc  USC Surgeons Inc  Keck Hospital of USC Surgery  USC Kenneth Norris Cncr Ctr Sgy  USC Surgeons Inc  Clinica Medica General  Los Angeles County Mdcl Ctr SGY  USC Surgery Residency  USC Surgery Residency  USC Surgery Residency  USC Surgery Residency  Los Angeles County Mdcl Ctr SGY  LAC USC Medical Center Urology  Los Angeles County Mdcl Ctr SGY  Los Angeles County Med Ctr Sgy  Los Angeles County Mdcl Ctr SGY  Harbor UCLA Med Ctr Trauma Sgy  Los Angeles County Mdcl Ctr SGY  USC Surgery Residency  Healthcare Partners Medical Grp  USC + USC Medical Center Altadena, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-02
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