Liver Transplant Center - Hackensack, NJHackensack 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 Hackensack * Summit Surgical Institute  Summit Surgical Institute  Surgical Health Partners  Tobi Greene MD  Stephen G Pereira MD  Surgical Health Partners  Stephen G Pereira MD  Womens Pelvic Srgy/North Jersey  Hackensack Univ Med Ctr Organ  North Jersey Laprscpc Assocs  Hackensack Univ Surgical ICU  Hackensack Sleep & Pulmonary  North Jersey Laprscpc Assocs  Hackensack University Breast Ct  North Jersey Surgical Specs  North Jersey Trauma/Critical Cr  North Jersey Surgical Specs  North Jersey Trauma/Critical Cr  North Jersey Trauma/Critical Cr  North Jersey Surgical Specs  North Jersey Trauma/Critical Cr  North Jersey Surgical Specs  North Jersey Trauma/Critical Cr  Hackensack Univ Med Ctr Urlgy  Burgen Surgical Specialist  Marta General Surgery  Breast Care Partners  Advanced Laparoscopic Assocs  Advanced Laparoscopic Assocs  Advanced Laparoscopic Assocs  Advanced Laparoscopic Assocs  Advanced Laparoscopic Assocs  James W Geuder MD  Saddle Brook Surgicenter Inc  Saddle Brook Medical Center  Market Street Surgical Center  Bruno Bufalini MD  Kenneth S Fried MD  Eduardo A Liriano MD  General Surgery Practice  Ibrahim M Ibrahim MD  Ibrahim M Ibrahim MD  Steven I Becker MD  Englewood Surgical Associates  Barrish White Colon Rectal  Englewood Surgical Associates  Barrish White Colon Rectal  Englewood Surgical Associates  Englewood Surgical Associates  Englewood Hosp Med Ctr Gnrl Sgy  Columbia Veins Center  Englewood Hospital Med Ctr SGY  Englewood Hospital Med Ctr SGY  Englewood Hospital Med Ctr SGY  Englewood Hospital Med Ctr SGY  Englewood Laposcopic/BAR Assocs  Albert Ades MD  Richard E Filipek DPM  Surgical Specialists Northrn NJ  Park Medical Group  Wellcomecare Walk In Med Ctr  K Bapineedu MD PA  Mark L Lehrman MD  Joseph D Disaverio MD PA  Chidambaram Raman MD  Surgicare Center  Pediatric Surgery Urology Assoc  General Surgents North Jersey  General Surgents North Jersey  New York Vein Care Fort Lee  John H Won MD  Hee K Yang MD  Ctr Metblc Wght Surg  Ctr Metblc Wght Surg  Marc M Egazarian MD  Ctr Metblc Wght Surg  Ctr Metblc Wght Surg  Varkey K Abraham MD  Behnam & Behnam MDs  Behnam & Behnam MDs  Thomas N Ahlborn MD  Endosurgical  Emergimed LLC  Advanced Laparoscopic Specs  Advanced Laparoscopic Specs  Advanced Laparoscopic Specs  LSA Surgery & Consultations  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Meadowland Hosp Med Gen Sgy Rsd  Nazmi A Elrabie MD  Ghassan Khani MD  Jaime N Gildengers MD Hackensack, New JerseyUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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Liver TransplantWhen Is a Liver Transplant Needed?Liver transplantation is considered when the liver no longer functions adequately (liver failure). Liver failure can occur suddenly (acute liver failure) as a result of infection or complications from ... Other Related Liver Transplant ArticlesEmergency Contact for Hackensack
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