Liver Transplant Center - Plantation, FLPlantation 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 Plantation * Agustin A Burgos MD  Paul B Tartell MD  South Florida Surgical Specs  South Florida Surgical Specs  South Florida Surgical Specs  Ronald E Moore MD  Tenet Florida Physician Svs LLC  Tenet Florida Physician Svs LLC  Paul S Esposito MD  Riverland Medical Center Inc  Swallowing Diagnostics Inc  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Univ Hosp Wound Care Cntr  Mark W Gordon MD  Memorial Hospital Wound Care  Primary Care Physicians  Carl Amko MD PA  Ralph Guarneri MD PA  Aiden M O'rourke MD  Advanced General Surgery Assocs  Advanced General Surgery Assocs  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Comprehensive Breast Center  Surgical Consultants PA  Memorial Trauma Services  Surgical Consultants PA  Surgical Consultants PA  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Regional Hospital Brst  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Memorial Trauma Services  Emil Matei DO  Juan S Wester MD  Holy Cross Wound Care  Holy Cross Health Plex Sgy Ctr  Holy Cross Wound Care  South Broward Surgical Group  Jason H Frost DO  South Broward Surgical Group  Jeffrey P Snow MD PA  Richard L Taylor MD  Alyne Medical Rejuvenation  Alyne Medical Rejuvenation  Colon & Rectal Surgery Assocs  Colon & Rectal Surgery Assocs  Colon & Rectal Surgery Assocs  Adelheid C Reinoso MD  Henry Wodnicki MD  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  Surgical Oncology  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  Holy Cross Medical Group  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  Fort Lauderdale Surgical  Ron Arison MD FACSPL  Porudominsky/Kleinstein Mds  Ron Arison MD FACSPL  Pestana & Pestana Mds  Porudominsky/Kleinstein Mds  John E Roberts III MD PLLC  Sergio M Gallenero MD  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Broward Surgical Associates  Soni & Narula MDs  California Club Medical Group  Martin B Grossman MD PA  Martin B Grossman MD PA  Surgical Partners  Surgical Partners  Aventura Surgical Group  Vohra Wound Physicians  Igor Nichiporenko MD  Comprehensive Breast Care Ctr  Boca Deerfield Foot Care Center  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Chen Medical Associates  Ronald S Oberman DPM Plantation, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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Liver TransplantWhen Is a Liver Transplant Needed?Liver transplantation is considered when the liver no longer functions adequately (liver failure). Liver failure can occur suddenly (acute liver failure) as a result of infection or complications from ... Other Related Liver Transplant ArticlesEmergency Contact for Plantation
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