Liver Transplant Center - Indio, CAIndio 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 Indio * Norton Hering MD  Harry I Lifschutz MD  Clinica Medica Del Valle  Joseph G Doyle MD  Doctor Yang Medical Corporation  Harold Christopher Barnes MD  Desert Breast Osteoporosis Inst  Ricardo G Cacdac MD  Lombardo Cosmetic Surgery  Advanced Desert Surgical Assoc  Evelyn L Kachikwu MD  Advanced Desert Surgical Assoc  Desert Surgery Group  Desert Surgery Group  Morrow Institute  Desert Trauma Surgeons  Comprehensive Breast Center  Desert Barriatrics  Bobby S Bhasker-Rao MD  Peter Jamieson Md  Delmar R Aitken MD  Gholan R Farsad MD  Bhaskararao Nalam MD  Jai Ghatnekar MD  Renato F Guzman MD  California Eye Professional  Apex Surgery  Premier Surgical Associates Inc  Premier Surgical Associates Inc  David A Sizemore MD  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Bakhtiar Ahmad MD  Moses D Christian MD  Pousti Plastic Surgery  American Laser Skin Care  West Coast Surgical Specialists  West Coast Surgical Specialists  West Coast Surgical Specialists  West Coast Surgical Specialists  Susan J Hahm MD  Pioneers Memorial Wound Care Ct  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Crown Surgery Medical Group  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Crown Surgery Medical Group  Crown Surgery Medical Group  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Temecula Valley Day Surgery Ctr  Health Point Medical Group  Pioneers Memorial Hlthcr Wnd Cr  Baron Medical Corporation  Redlands Plastic Surgery  Mark R Whyte MD  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Beaver Medical Group  Senza Medical Corporation  Senza Medical Corporation  Murrieta Valley Surgery Assocs  In Your Best Interest Med Clinc  Hidden Valley Surgical Med Grp  Graybill Medical Group  Kasier Permanente Surgical Svs  Kasier Permanente Surgical Svs  San Diego Vascular Center  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  Fallbrook Rancho Surgery  Loma Linda Surgery Residency  JLP Mem VA Med Cntr Gnrl Srgry  Jerry L Pettis VA Medical Ctr  JLP Mem VA Med Cntr Gnrl Srgry  Loma Linda VA Medical Center  JLP Mem VA Med Cntr Gnrl Srgry  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Loma Linda Univ Med Sgy  Charles D Callery MD  Edmond L Chan MD  Sam Filiciotto MD  Elsinore Family Urgent Care Indio, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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