Liver Transplant Center - North Lauderdale, FLNorth Lauderdale 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: Surgeon Doctors in North Lauderdale * Judith M Johnson MD  E Kleinstein & D Porudominsky MDs  E Kleinstein & D Porudominsky MDs  Advanced General Surgery  Advanced General Surgery  Advanced General Surgery  Comprehensive Breast and Surgical Oncology  Bariatrics  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  The Colon & Rectal Clinic of Ft Lauderdale  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  Paul Esposito MD  Paul Esposito MD  Sergio M Gallenero MD  Daniel S Brandwein DPM  Uro-Medix Inc  Uro-Medix Inc  Leon L Shore DO  Raymond F Hudanich MD PA  Surgery Specialists of Broward Inc  Surgery Specialists of Broward Inc  Peter A Tomasello Sr. & Fernando E Bayron MDs  Agustin A Burgos MD  The Breast Center Inc  The Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute of South Florida  Peter A Tomasello Sr. & Fernando E Bayron MDs  Colon and Rectal Surgery Assoc  Santiago H Triana MD  U S Bariatric  Bogdana Trop MD PhD PA  Joseph J Casey MD  Joseph J Casey MD  Clifford A Lakin MD  Ft Lauderdale Surgical Specialists PA  Joseph J Casey MD  Advanced Foot & Ankle Center of Weston  Ron Arison MD  Ron Arison MD  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Ron Arison MD  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  John Roberts III MD PLLC  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Dermatologic Laser and Surgery Center  Dermatologic Laser and Surgery Center  Dermatologic Laser and Surgery Center  Samuel F Cox MD  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  South Florida Surgical Specialists LLC  Daniel Bell DPM  George C Button MD  Thomas S Breza MD  David S Margolis MD  Kahlil A Shillingford MD  Khalil Burshan MD  Kwang-Jae Joh MD  Ralph Guarneri MD  Carl C Amko MD  Charles L Byrd MD PA  Miguel A Gonzalez MD  Aiden O'Rourke MD  Carl C Amko MD  Scott D Dudak MD PA  Paul A Sommer DPM  Eye Associates Of Boca Raton  Eye Associates Of Boca Raton  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Surgical Associates of Palm Beach County  Mark W Gordon MD  Cheryl Yelverton MD PA  University of Miami Urology  Surgical Consultants of Hollywood PA  Surgical Consultants of Hollywood PA  Surgical Oncology Associates of South Florida  Dermatology Consultants of Broward  Surgical Consultants of Hollywood PA  Memorial Breast Surgery  Surgical Oncology Associates of South Florida  Memorial Trauma Center  Memorial Trauma Center North Lauderdale, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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