Liver Transplant Center - Metairie, LAMetairie 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 Metairie * Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Clinic  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Clinic  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Neurosurgery Clinic  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Medical Center  Ochsner Med Ctr General Surgery  Oschner General Surgery Clinic  Ochsner Med Ctr General Surgery  Ochsner Med Ctr General Surgery  Penelope C Treece MD  C Edward Foti MD  Tulane Surgery Clinic Lakeside  Tulane Metairie Multi Spec Clnc  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Renew Bariatric Surgery LLC  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Staudinger & Walsh Mds  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Staudinger & Walsh Mds  Interim LSU Public Hospital Sgy  Deboisblanc & Contreary MD LLC  Robert D Ross MD  Wound Care Specialists Inc  Guzzetta Decorte & Sassard MDs  East Jefferson General Surgery  Guzzetta Decorte & Sassard MDs  East Jefferson General Surgery  Karlin & Normand MDs  Tulane Multi-Specialty Cln Uptn  Karlin & Normand MDs  Robert D Ross MD  Guzzetta Decorte & Sassard MDs  Joseph F Uddo Jr MD  Robert J Velez MD  Southeast Louisana VA Health  Southeast Louisana VA Health  Southeast Louisana VA Health  Tulane Hospital General Surgery  Tulane University Med Ctr Gas  Juan C Duchesne MD  Tulane Hospital General Surgery  Tulane Hospital General Surgery  Tulane Lasalle Clinic  Tulane Medical Ctr Crdlgy Clin  Concentra Medical Center  Concentra Medical Center  Dr Micheal Adinolfi MD  Gary Danos MD  Allen L Levin MD  Fikre S Wang MD  Surgical Clinic Louisiana LLC  West Jefferson Surgery Cntr LLC  West Jefferson Surgery Cntr LLC  Surgical Clinic Louisiana LLC  Southern Surgical Specialists  Southern Surgical Specialists  Accurate Clinic  Downman Urgent Health Care Clin  Medical Center Trauma Clinic  Neurology Endocrine Clinic  Ochsner Medical Hyprbrc Wnd Cr  Ochsner Medical Hyprbrc Wnd Cr  Neurology Endocrine Clinic  Advanced Allergy/Surgical Assoc  Crescent Surgical Group LLC  Crescent Surgical Group  Crescent Surgical Group  Crescent Surgical Group  St Charles Parish Hospital EMR  River Parishes Surgical Assocs  Riverside Surgical Associates  River Region Surgical Specialis  Lakeshore Surgical Specialists  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Lakeshore Surgical Specialists  First Health Medical  Surgical Enhancement Center  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Surgical Specialists Louisiana  Surgical Specialists Louisiana Metairie, LouisianaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-25
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