Liver Transplant Center - Memphis, TNMemphis 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 Memphis * UT Medical Group-Trauma Surgery  UT Medical Group-Trauma Surgery  University Tennessee Surgery  University Of Tennessee Surgery  Methodist University Hsp GS  Methodist University Hsp GS  Methodist University Hsp GS  University Family Medicine Ctr  Sam Delk MD  Surgical Associates  UT Medical Group  F Oliver Hardy MD PC  Surgical Associates  Jean Claude Loiseau MD  Memphis Surgical Specialists  Memphis Surgical Specialists  Memphis Surgical Specialists  Charles R Andrews MD  Dunavant & Dunavant MDs  Dunavant & Dunavant MDs  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Baptist Metro General Surgery  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Memphis Surgery Associates  Morisy & Wood MDs  Memphis Surgery Associates  Stanley L Smith MD  Memphis Surgery Associates  Morisy & Wood MDs  Mid South Bariatrics  UT Health Scnc Ctr Srgry Rsdncy  Vartkes Kiledjian MD  Mroz-Baier Breast Care Clinic  Mroz-Baier Breast Care Clinic  Mroz-Baier Breast Care Clinic  Indu Tejwani MD  Wendell T Wheat MD  Mark P Miller Md  James H Owens MD  Mohamad J Akbik MD  Univ Tenn Med Grp Germntwn Sgy  Univ Tenn Med Grp Germntwn Sgy  Univ Tenn Med Grp Germntwn Sgy  UT Medical Group General Sgy  West Clinic Comprehnsv Brst Ctr  Richard A Ellis MD  James E Fortune MD  Roger L Mcgee MD  Karl C Jonas MD  West Tennessee Surgical  Mid South Surgical  Caylor & Moore MDs  Caylor & Moore MDs  Jackson Surgical Associates PA  Jackson Surgical Associates PA  Madison Surgical Clinic  Jackson Surgical Associates PA  Jackson Regional Surgery Center  Jackson Surgical Associates PA  George E Thomas MD  Jackson Surgical Associates PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Jackson Clinic PA  Surgical Clinic Memphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers. Upcoming Local Events2013-06-03
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