Liver Transplant Center - Poway, CAPoway 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 Poway * Sam Filiciotto MD  Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo  Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo  Scripps Clinic Medical Group  Charles D Callery MD  Edmond L Chan MD  San Diego Vascular Center  David M Kupfer MD  Oasis MSO Inc  Redwood Breast Care Center  Vein and Liposculpture Center  Vein and Liposculpture Center  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  San Diego Woori Medical Clinic  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente Gnrl Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Kaiser Permanente General Sgry  Graybill Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Gnrl Sgry  Hidden Valley Surgical Med Grp  North County Trauma Associates  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  North County Trauma Associates  North County Trauma Associates  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  North County Trauma Associates  Grossmont Surgical Associates  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Grossmont Surgical Associates  Grossmont Surgical Associates  Pousti Plastic Surgery  North County Trauma Associates  Grossmont Surgical Associates  North County Trauma Associates  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  North County Trauma Associates  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  Leah Farinas Md  UCSD Surgical Specialties  UCSD Surgical Specialties  UCSD Surgical Specialties  UCSD Surgical Specialties  UCSD Surgical Specialties  UCSD Plastic Surgery  Phillip Dickinson MD  San Diego General Surgeons  San Diego General Surgeons  Casteel & Stile MDs  San Diego General Surgeons  San Diego General Surgeons  San Diego General Surgeons  San Diego General Surgeons  San Diego General Surgeons  Casteel & Stile MDs  San Diego General Surgeons  La Jolla Weight Management  Surgical Associates Of La Jolla  Surgical Associates Of La Jolla  Lusby Vision Institute  Surgical Associates Of La Jolla  Pacific Coast Vascular/Gen Sgy  San Diego Colon Rectal Surgeons  Scripps Cardiovascular Surgery  Pacific Coast Vascular/Gen Sgy  Surgical Associates Of La Jolla  Pacific Surgical Specialists  Wittgrove Bariatric Center  San Diego Colon Rectal Surgeons  Palomar Neurosurgery Center  Scripps Clinic Weight Mgmt  UCSD Medical Center Sgcl Spclst  Univ Of Ca San Diego Med Ctr  Scripps Clinic Weight Mgmt  UCSD Cardiothoracic Surgery  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group  Moores Cancer Center  Scripps Clinic Medical Group  Scrpps Clnc Trry Pns Gnrl Srgry  Hernia Surgical Specialists  UCSD Medical Center Owen Clinic  Dan I Giurgiu MD  Ricardo J Moreno MD Inc  UCSD Medical Center Wound Clin  Mary C Murphy MD  Mary C Murphy MD  UCSD Medical Center Wound Clin  Hillcrest Surgical Med Grp  Hillcrest Surgical Med Grp  Hillcrest Surgical Med Grp Poway, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-16
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