Liver Transplant Center - Brentwood, NYBrentwood 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 Brentwood * New York Weight Management Prgr  New York Weight Management Prgr  Suffolk Surgical Associates PC  Suffolk Surgical Associates PC  Suffolk Surgical Associates PC  Virginia E Maurer MD  North Shore Medical Group  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Island Surgical & Vascular Grp  Memorial Sloan Kttrng Cnr Ctr  Edward J Bieniewicz MD  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  Great South Bay Surgical Assocs  David E Rivadeneira MD  Joseph R Vitolo MD PC  Good Samaritan Med Ctr Surgery  Alfred G Lieffrig MD  Eli Anker MD PC  Edward H Cussatti MD  Edward H Cussatti MD  Eli Anker MD PC  Kazim L Doganay MD  Edward H Cussatti MD  Eli Anker MD PC  Edward H Cussatti MD  Suffolk Vascular Associates  Doctors For Surgery PLLC  Advanced Dermatology PC  Peter J Periconi MD  Stuart Wasser MD  Queens Long Island Medical Grp  Northshore Urology  Breast Surgery Associates  Breast Surgery Associates  Huntington Medical Group  Stony Brook Med Ctr Gen Sgy Rsd  Stony Brook Med Ctr Gen Sgy Rsd  Stony Brook Med Ctr Gen Sgy Rsd  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Carol M Baldwin Breast Care Ctr  Carol M Baldwin Breast Care Ctr  Carol M Baldwin Breast Care Ctr  Carol M Baldwin Breast Care Ctr  Robert G Zingale MD  North Shore Medical Group  Joseph Patane MD  North Shore Medical Group  Hesham Atwa MD  Stony Brook Primary Care  David L Benisch MD  Winthrop Surgical Associates  General Surgery Associates LLC  General Surgery Associates LLC  Surgical Group  General Surgery Associates LLC  General Surgery Associates LLC  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Stony Brook Univ Hosp Gnrl Sgy  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Stony Brook Surgical Associates  Long Island Obesity Surgery  Colon/Rectal Surgeons Long Is  Long Island Obesity Surgery  Minimally Invasive Surgery Ctr  Chuks J Onwu MD  Elliot A Grossman MD FACS  Laser Breast Cancer Surgery  Alan T Slepian MD  Mehran Mansouri MD  Robert H Mondschein MD  Advanced Urology Consultants  Advanced Urology Consultants  Advanced Urology Consultants  Maurice Klein MD  Howard L Sussman Md  Winthrop Surgical Associates  Brookhaven Memorial Wound Care  David I Kaufman MD  Warren L Kent DPM PC  Brookhaven Memorial Wound Care  Winthrop Surgical Associates  Steven Pelaez MD  David I Kaufman MD  Contemporary OB/GYN Assocs  Fitterman & Price MDs Brentwood, New YorkUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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