Liver Transplant Center - Homestead, FLHomestead 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 Homestead * South Florida Specialty Physns  South Florida Specialty Physns  South Florida Specialty Physns  US Bariatrics  US Bariatrics  Erik S Barquist MD  JMG Physicians Specialists  JMG Physicians Specialists  Guido G Urizar MD PA  Ross Medical Group  Ramiro Nieves MD  Ross Medical Group  Alberto Jorge-Rassi MD  University Miami Pediatric Sgy  South Florida Surgical Group  Doctors Hospital GNS  South Florida Surgical Group  Joseph T Ostroski MD  University Medical Health Ctr  William M Canning MD  Radiology Associate So FL  Radiology Associate So FL  Miami Vascular Specialists  Radiology Associate So FL  Radiology Associate So FL  Radiology Associate So FL  Isidro A Cardella MD  Baptist Health Medical Group  Baptist Health Medical Group  Baptist Health Medical Group  Baptist Health Medical Group  Jeremy S Weinberger MD  Jackson Medical Group  Jackson Medical Group  Jackson Medical Group  Surgeons Cosmetic Ctr & Med Spa  Jorge E De La Portilla MD  David S Edelman MD  Juan M Gutierrez MD  Juan N Lombillo MD  Leonidas R Ahumada MD  Mauricio T Hernandez MD  Orlando A Puente MD PA  Magaly Rodriguez MD  Hernia Institute of Florida  Pamela Merino MD PA  Salazar Santiago Villegas Mds  Salazar Santiago Villegas Mds  Salazar Santiago Villegas Mds  Salazar Santiago Villegas Mds  Augusto E Whittwell MD  Augusto E Whittwell MD  Fernando Esparza MD  Imagenes Cosmetic Surgery Ctr  Imagenes Cosmetic Surgery Ctr  Imagenes Cosmetic Surgery Ctr  Imagenes Cosmetic Surgery Ctr  Rodolpho Binker MD PA  Orestes M Pablos MD PA  Carlos A Suarez MD  Vital Medical Center  Soluna MD  Arnaldo Valls MD PA  Interamerican Medical Center  Luis H Serentill MD  Rafael Diaz-Yoserev MD  Jorge Alvarez-Moreno MD  Jose C Cosmetic Surgery  Tenet Florida Physicans  Carlos L Trabanco MD  Julio L Arronte MD  UM Bariatric Specialists  Physical Medicine Millenium  Oncology Associates  Leonard O Smith MD  Viera & Arango MDs  Alberto L Demarchena MD  Bay Surgical Group  Francisco J Estevez MD  Bay Surgical Group  Peter V Garcia MD PA  Santiago Pujals MD  Bay Surgical Group  Viera & Arango MDs  Jose H Valladares MD PA  Robert W Bailey MD  Pete Garcia MD PA  Fredy Caldera MD  Alejandro M Hernandez-Cano MD  Dagoberto Garces-Milanes MD  University Miami Hlth Systm Sgy  Unversity Mmi Schl Mdcn Gnl Sgy  Unversity Mmi Schl Mdcn Gnl Sgy  University Miami Pediatric Sgy  Unversity Mmi Schl Mdcn Gnl Sgy  Unversity Mmi Schl Mdcn Gnl Sgy  University Of Miami Surgcl ONL  Miami VA Medical Center Surgery  Miami VA Medical Center Surgery  Jackson Mem Hsp Transplant Srgy Homestead, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-24
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