Liver Transplant Center - Franconia, VAFranconia 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: Surgeon Doctors in Franconia * Kaiser Permanente  Arun Chowla MD  Kaiser Permanente  Dai Vinh MD  Stefano F Agolini MD  Potomac Triangle Medical Associates  Esam S Omeish MD PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Inder K Bhat MD  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Kaiser Permanente  Arlington Clinic  Alan R Baker MD  Metropolitan Surgery  Metropolitan Surgery  Metropolitan Surgery  Metropolitan Surgery  Antonio J Cachay MD  Fairfax Surgerical Group  Fairfax Surgerical Group  Fairfax Surgerical Group  Inova Transplant Center  Kavoos N Mesbahi MD  Inova Transplant Center  Kathleen Brelsford French MD  Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery  Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery  Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery  Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery  Peter LeNard MD  Steven Rotter MD  Woodbridge Internal Medicine  Bartolozzi & Magalski MDs  Drs Cohen Sinclair & Vayer  Bartolozzi & Magalski MDs  Drs Cohen Sinclair & Vayer  Drs Cohen Sinclair & Vayer  Drs Cohen Sinclair & Vayer  Craig L Hensle MD  Kaiser Permanente  Osvaldo Anez MD  William E Roll Jr. MD  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Gonzalo Romero MD  Womans Surgery Center  Advanced Weight Loss Solution  Pinnar Surgical Associates Ltd  Keyur Shah MD PC  Surgical Associates  Eugene P Russo MD  Augustus Hill MD  Drs Farr Wampler Williams & Dougherty  Drs Farr Wampler Williams & Dougherty  Drs Farr Wampler Williams & Dougherty  Drs Farr Wampler Williams & Dougherty  Surgical Specialists of Northern Virginia  Surgical Specialists of Northern Virginia  Surgical Specialists of Northern Virginia  Roberto R Canizares MD  Virginia Chiantella MD  William A Hamilton MD & Tammy J Leonard MD  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Surgical Associates of Fredericksburg  Surgical Associates of Fredericksburg  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Surgical Associates of Fredericksburg  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Surgical Associates of Fredericksburg  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Rappahannock Trauma & Acute Care Surgeons  Pratt Medical Center Specialty Care  Paulino D Sambat MD  Drs Farr Wampler Williams & Dougherty  Culpeper Surgical Associates  Robert C Meltvedt Jr. MD  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  Winchester Surgical Clinic  T K Bowers MD  Virginia Surgical Associates  Surgical Specialists of Richmond  Surgical Specialists of Richmond  Surgical Specialists of Richmond  Surgical Specialists of Richmond  Virginia Surgical Associates  Surgical Specialists of Richmond Franconia, VirginiaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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