Liver Transplant Center - Frederick, MDFrederick 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 Frederick * Kevin Hurtt Md  FMH Advanced Skin/Wound Car Ctr  FMH Advanced Skin/Wound Car Ctr  FMH Advanced Skin/Wound Car Ctr  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Jonathan E Grife MD  Thomas Johnson Surgery Center  Foris Surgical Group LLP  Foris Surgical Group LLP  Foris Surgical Group LLP  Mckenna Surgical Associates LLC  The Breast Care Center  Alan B Kravitz MD PA  Meritus Medical Center Trauma  Potomac Surgical Specialists  Robinwood Surgery Center  Robinwood Surgical Associates  Tri State Surgeons  Hagerstown Surgical Clinic  William T Su MD PA  Robinwood Surgical Associates  Potomac Surgical Specialists  Dupont Urogynecology Center  Lawrence R Starin MD  Impatient Surgical Consultants  Advanced Surgery  Nancy R Markus MD  Advanced Surgery  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Arthur F Woodward MD  Capital Surgeons  Med Star Partner Fmy Prac/Sgy  Horizon Vascular Specialists  Westminster Surgery Center  Maryland Colon Rectal Spec PA  Carroll Surgical Specialists  Carroll Surgical Specialists  Carroll Surgical Specialists  Carroll Surgical Specialists  Stephan U Hochuli MD  Max H Cohen MD  Eric A Oristian MD  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys Grp  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys  Ernest D Hanowell MD DC  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys  Armin K Moshyedi MD  Johns Hopkins Comm Phys Grp  Said A Daee MD  Jeffrey P Muench MD  Dany Westerband MD  James W Robey MD  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permanente Medical Ctr  Kaiser Permnnt Knsngtn Mdcl Ctr  Proyecto Salud Clinic  Walter Reed Natl Md Ctr Gen Sgy  Walter Reed Medical Hospital  Walter Reed Natl Md Ctr Gen Sgy  Womens Surgery Center  Juvenal R Goicochea MD  Betsy Ballard MD  Louis A Ivey MD  Narieman A Nik MD  Forest Glen Surgical Spclty Ctr  Rafiq A Mian MD  Forest Glen Surgical Spclty Ctr  Private Surgical Suite LLC  Private Surgical Suite LLC  Richard L Feinberg MD  Garry D Ruben MD  Olivier L Kreitmann MD  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Rene L Gelber MD PC  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Maryland Surgeons  Metro Surgical Center  Silver Spring Medical Center  Washington Adventist Hosp Srgry  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Takoma Surgical Associates  Tristan J Orellano MD  Sarabjit S Anand MD  Habib A Bhutta MD  Dawn J Leonard MD  Gustavo A Restorative MD  Davis Geis & Shah MDs  Davis Geis & Shah MDs  General Surgery Specialists  General Surgery Specialists Frederick, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2013-05-31
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