Liver Transplant Center - Erie, PAErie 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 Erie * Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Great Lakes Surgical Specialist  Greater Erie Niagara Surgery  Greater Erie Niagara Surgery  Greater Erie Niagara Surgery  Ctr Brtrc & Mnmlly Invsv Srgry  Medical Associates of Erie  Laparascopic & General Sgy Inc  Millcreek Medical Associates Of  Alan N Esper DO FACOS  Charles H Durmis DO  Corry Memorial Services  Meadville Surgical Associates  Liberty Street Surgical Assocs  Titusville Surgical Associates  Titusville Surgical Associates  Franklin Surgical Grp  UPMC Northwest Pulmonology  Franklin Surgical Grp  Franklin Surgical Grp  UPMC Northwest Pulmonology  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  UPMC Horizon Surgical Assocs  Surgical Associates of Clarion  Edgewood Surgical Hosp/Open MRI  Wolf Creek Medical Associates  Wolf Creek Medical Associates  Valley Surgical Arts Inc  Valley Surgical Arts Inc  Breast Care Center  General Surgical Specialists  General Surgical Specialists  Breast Care Center  General Surgical Specialists  Warren Surgeons Inc  William N Gilleland MD  Jameson Medical Care  Jameson Medical Care  Hofius Surgical Inc  Silpachai Siripong MD  Surgical Associates Of Clarion  Butler Wound Center  Pittsburgh Medical Associates  BHS Surgery  Tony M Maalouf MD  Tony M Maalouf MD  Butler Health Sys Sgcl Assocs  KCH Surgical Weight Loss  DRMC Brookville General Surgery  Grace Surgical  Heritage Valley Medical Group  Heritage Valley Medical Group  Armstrong Surgical Associates  Luis C Gonzalez MD  Armstrong Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates Of Bradford  Heritage Valley Cardiovascular  Tri-State Surgical Associates  Tri-State Surgical Associates  Tri-State Surgical Associates  UPMC Passavant Cranberry Sgy  Association Specialty Phys  Association Specialty Phys Erie, PennsylvaniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-22
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