Liver Transplant Center - Reston, VAReston 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 Reston * Pinnar Surgical Associates  Pinnar Surgical Associates  Pinnar Surgical Associates  Reston Breast Care Specialist  Womens Surgery Center  Reston Breast Care Specialists  Reston Breast Care Specialists  Gonzalo Romero MD  Reston Surgical Associates  Keyurkumar A Shah MD PC  Reston Surgical Associates  Juan A Trinidad MD PC  Paul A Tudder MD  Reston Surgical Associates  Obesity Surgery Center  Accessible Medical Care  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Nova Vein Clinic  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Blue Point Surgical Group  Inova Fair Oaks Hosp Gen Sgy  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Blue Point Surgical Group  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Kaiser Fairoaks General Surgery  Kaiser Fairoaks General Surgery  Kaiser Permanante Gen Srgy  Advanced Laproscopic & Gen Sgy  Kavoos Mesbahi MD  Skin Cancer Surgery Center  Fairfax Surgical Group  Fairfax Surgical Group  Fairfax Surgical Group  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Frfx Hsp Trnsplnt Hrt Ctr  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Frfx Hsp Trnsplnt Hrt Ctr  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Inova Fairfax Hosp Trauma Svs  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Surgical Specialists Nrthrn VA  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Loudoun Surgical  Surgical Specialists Nrthrn VA  Surgical Specialists Nrthrn VA  Loudoun Surgical  Surgical Specialists Nrthrn VA  Virginia Surgery Associates PC  Arlington Clinic  Kaiser Prmnt Flls Chrch Med Ctr  Denova Minimally Surgery Clinic  Northern Virginia Orthpdc Specs  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Farr Henson Wampler Williams  Prince William Srgcl Assoc  Prince William Srgcl Assoc  Prince William Srgcl Assoc  Metropolitan Surgical Assocs  Metropolitan Surgical Assocs  Metropolitan Surgical Assocs  Center For Breast Health  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  Center For Breast Health  Inder K Bhat MD  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Kaiser Permanente Medical Group  Blue Nile Medical Center  General/Laparoscopic Sgy Assoc  Esam S Omeish MD  Inova Medical Group Breast Sgy  Inova Medical Group Breast Sgy  Blue Point Surgical Group  Blue Point Surgical Group  Blue Point Surgical Group  Blue Point Surgical Group  Stafford Surgical  Stafford Surgical  Commonwealth Surgery Specialty  Surgical Specialists Of N VA  Fauquier Health Physician Svcs Reston, VirginiaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-19
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