Liver Transplant Center - Federal Way, WAFederal Way 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 Federal Way * Virginia Mason Medical Center  Virginia Mason Medical Center  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  St Francis Weight Loss Sgy Clin  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Peter V Kilburn DO  Franciscan Acute Surgical Team  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  Center For Weight Loss Surgery  Auburn-Federal Way Surgeons  Multicare General Surgery  South Sound Surgery  Fox Skins Dmnd Prgrm Wght Mngmt  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Franciscan Medical Group  Franciscan Crdiothrcic Srgy Asc  Center/Minimally Invasive Sgy  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Trauma Trust  Puyallup Surgery Center  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Trauma Trust  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Trauma Trust  Puyallup Surgical Consultants  Erwin & Rone MDs  Trauma Trust  Group Health Cooperative Tacoma  Trauma Trust  Meridian Surgery Center  K-Y Surgical Associates  C Gabriel Alperovich MD  Barigens Clinic  Southwest Seattle Orthopedics  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Surgery Associates  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Multicare Cedar Sgcl/Breast Cr  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Mount Rainier Surgical Assocs  Kenneth J Ritter MD  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Ctr Sgry  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Madigan Army Medical Center GNS  Madigan Healthcare Sys Gen Sgy  Valley Surgical Specialists  Valley General Surgery  Valley Surgical Associates  Valley General Surgery  Valley General Surgery  Valley Surgical Specialists  Franciscan Surgical Assoc Pearl  Franciscan Surgical Associates  Franciscan Surgical Associates  Covington Multicare Clinic  Covington Multicare Clinic  Multicare Gig Harbor Med Pk  Franciscan Surgical Associates  Pacific Medical Center  Pacific Medical Center  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Virginia Mason Med Ctr Gen Sgy  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Sound Assistants Inc  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Virginia Mason Medical Center  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency  Swedish Med Ctr Srgy Residency Federal Way, WashingtonUpcoming Local Events2013-06-14
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