Liver Transplant Center - Pembroke Pines, FLPembroke Pines 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 Pembroke Pines * South Broward Surgical Group  Jason H Frost DO  South Broward Surgical Group  Jeffrey P Snow MD PA  Richard L Taylor MD  Mark W Gordon MD  Primary Care Physicians  Memorial Hospital Wound Care  Vohra Wound Physicians  Emil Matei DO  Juan S Wester MD  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Adelheid C Reinoso MD  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Henry Wodnicki MD  Memorial Regional Hosp Surgy  Memorial Regional Hosp Surgy  Memorial Regional Hosp Surgy  Memorial Regional Hosp Surgy  Memorial Regional Hosp Surgy  Surgical Consultants PA  Surgical Consultants PA  Surgical Consultants PA  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Regional Hospital Brst  Memorial Trauma Services  California Club Medical Group  Paul B Tartell MD  Agustin A Burgos MD  South Florida Surgical Specs  South Florida Surgical Specs  Ronald E Moore MD  Alyne Medical Rejuvenation  Alyne Medical Rejuvenation  South Florida Surgical Specs  Comprehensive Breast Care Ctr  Physicians Management Group  Physicians Management Group  Physicians Management Group  Jose R Martinez-Alba Jr MD  Premier OB/GYN Of South Florida  Hector Pombo MD  Jorge E Ravelo MD PA  Gustavo G Ledo-Sanchez MD  Chen Medical Associates  Martin B Grossman MD PA  Martin B Grossman MD PA  Soni & Narula MDs  Surgical Partners  Riverland Medical Center Inc  Surgical Partners  Luis Juarez MD PA  Pastor M Torres MD  Aventura Surgical Group  Lamas Surgical Associates  Matias E Guerra MD  Lamas Surgical Associates  Lamas Surgical Associates  Laparoscopic Institute  Laparoscopic Institute  Laparoscopic Institute  University Medical Center  Tenet Florida Physician Svs LLC  Hakan S Charles-Harris MD  Tenet Florida Physician Svs LLC  Hakan S Charles-Harris MD  Mauricio T Hernandez MD  Tenet Florida Physician Servics  South Florida Surgery/Hand Care  Carl Amko MD PA  Ralph Guarneri MD PA  Aiden M O'rourke MD  Paul S Esposito MD  Swallowing Diagnostics Inc  Alejandro M Hernandez-Cano MD  Harry Sendzischew MD PA  Shmuel E Katz MD  Venus Cosmetic Institute  UM Bariatric Specialists  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Advanced General Surgery Assocs  Advanced General Surgery Assocs  University Of Miami Trnsplt Sgy  University Of Miami Trnsplt Sgy  Miami VA Medical Center Surgery  Miami VA Medical Center Surgery  University Of Miami Surgcl ONL  Sylvester Comprhnsv Cncr Ctr  Fredy Caldera MD  Dagoberto Garces-Milanes MD  University Miami Hlth Systm Sgy Pembroke Pines, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-25
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