Liver Transplant Center - Placentia, CAPlacentia 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 Placentia * Kaiser Permanente Genrl Surgry  Kaiser Permanente Genrl Surgry  Kaiser Medical Center Anaheim  Robin Cole MD  Richard H Stewardson MD  N Vision Laser Eye Center  Healthpointe Medical Group  Healthpointe Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Caduceus Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Sunrise Healthcare Centers  Sunrise Healthcare Centers  David A Oliak MD  St Jude Heritage Med Grp Orthpd  St Jude Heritage Med Grp Orthpd  St Jude Heritage Medical Group  St Jude Heritage Medical Group  National Ambulatory Hernia Inst  National Ambulatory Hernia Inst  Knott Family Endoscopy Center  St Jude Heritage Fndtn Gnrl Sgy  David Nejat-Bina MD  Anaheim Regional Surgery Center  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Anaheim Surgical Associates  Pramod K Batra MD  Theodore J Jekums MD  UCI Medical Center Dept Surgery  UCI Med GI Dept  Breast Link At Breast Care Ctr  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Medical Center Kidney Pancr  UCI Breast Health Center  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Breast Health Center  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Medical Center CHS  UCI Medical Center Trauma  UCI Comp Digestive Disease Ctr  UCI Medical Center Surgery  UCI Medical Center Trauma  Theodore Coutsoftides MD  UCI Medical Physicians  Rajesh K Khanijou MD  Sheldon J Nankin MD  Chapman Center For Obesity  Chapman Center For Obesity  Bhimani Medical Corporation  Michele M Carpenter MD  Kim J Charney MD  Gregory & El-Bayar Mds  Chapman Center For Obesity  Maher Gobran MD  Jeffrey M Johnsrud MD  St Joseph Hospital Breast Clin  Advanced Vein Center  Jeffrey M Johnsrud MD  Chapman Center For Obesity  Arash Mahdavi DO  George R Moro MD FACS  Chapman Center For Obesity  Jeffrey M Johnsrud MD  Gregory & El-Bayar Mds  Andrew H Ahn MD  Ali Fouladi MD  Orange County Vascular Access  Advanced Surgical Care  Santa Ana Outpatient Sgy Ctr  Ronald C Neuman MD  Grossman Burn Centers  Clinica Medica General  Clinica Medica General  Sherry A Burchell MD  Martin E Eisner MD FACS  Baker Hifumi Morris Gupta/Soni  Christopher T Lane MD  Sherry A Burchell MD  Tustin Irvine Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Clin  Dan Blachman MD  William F Davis MD  Radnor Medical Group  Dan Blachman MD  United Multicare Health Center  Advanced Surgeons Medical Group  Advanced Surgeons Medical Group  Advanced Surgeons Medical Group  Kelvin Mai DO Inc  LN Surgery Clinic Placentia, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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