Liver Transplant Center - Longview, TXLongview 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 Longview * Good Shepherd Surgical Assocs  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Good Shepherd Surgical Assocs  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Diagnostic Clnc Lngvw Gnrl Srgy  Cardiac & Vascular Consultants  Randy L Morton MD  ETMC General Surgery  Gordon K Alcox MD  Marshall Health Services  Marshall Health Services  University Texas Health Sci Ctr  Robert G Callahan MD  First Physicians Clinic  Khoren Hekimian DO  Azalea Orthopedic Sports Medcn  Azalea Orthopedic Sports Medcn  Trinity Vascular Institute  Tyler Bariatrics  Margarita De La Garza-Graham MD  Thomas M Mcgovern MD  Joseph L Prudhomme MD  Vascular Specialists  Tyler Bariatrics  Donal W Steph MD  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Mother Frances Hosp Sgy  Trinity Mother Francis Hlth Sys  Trinity Mother Francis Hlth Sys  Trinity Mother Francis Hlth Sys  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Mother Francis Hlth Sys  Trinity Clinic General Surgery  Trinity Mother Frances Hosp Sgy  East Texas Vascular Associates  Harris R Fender MD  East Texas Vascular Associates  East Texas Vascular Associates  East Texas Vascular Associates  Gordon Spine Associates  ETMC First Physicians Clinic  Edgar H Zambrano DO  Wound Healing Center  Wound Healing Center  Blair & Burlingham MDs  De La Cruz & Garay MDs  East Texas Med Ctr First Phys  Trinity Mother Frances Hosp GNS  Hope Project  Subramanium Balachandran MD  Donald E Cagle MD  Donald E Cagle MD  Colon & Rectal Clinic  Donald E Cagle MD  James E Redfield Jr MD  Nacogdoches Surgery Center  Larry L Walker MD  East Texas Surgical Associates  ETMC First Physicians  ETMC First Physicians  Lone Star Surgery  Lone Star Surgery  Memorial Clinic Surgery  Precision Surgery  Precision Surgery  Precision Surgery  Athens Surgical Associates  David J Bailey MD  Angelina Surgical Associates  Angelina Surgical Associates  Collom & Carney Clinic  Angelina Surgical Associates  Collom & Carney Clinic  Collom & Carney Clinic  Bacharanianda C Muthappa MD  Surgery Associates of Texarkana  Surgery Associates of Texarkana  Surgery Associates of Texarkana  Surgery Associates of Texarkana  Christus St Michael Rehab/Wound  J Don Jackson MD  Puvvada & Puvvada Mds  Houston County Surgical Assocs  Houston County Surgical Assocs  Mark R Campbell MD  Michael D Brown Jr Gnrl Sgy  Marvin K Gibbs MD  Robert M Young MD Longview, TexasUpcoming Local Events2013-05-20
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