Liver Transplant Center - Southfield, MISouthfield 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 Southfield * Michigan Vascular Access PC  Northwest Surgical Associates  Medical Weight Loss Clinic  Northwest Surgical Associates  Vicha Janviriya MD  Sion Soleymani MD  Wound Care Services  Wound Care Services  Wound Care Services  Wound Care Services  Howard Medical Service PC  Michael G Taylor MD  Michigan Colon & Rectal Sgns  Lorenzo Ferguson MD  Dubay Jacob & Silapaswan MDs  Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery Inst  Providence Surgical Assocs-MI  Dubay Jacob & Silapaswan MDs  Dubay Jacob & Silapaswan MDs  John R Whittaker MD  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Providence Hospital Gnrl Srgry  Thomas M Flake Jr MD PC  Providence Cancer Center  Martin A Tuma MD  Yousif H Goriel MD  R B Kolachalam MD PC  Norman J Bolton MD  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  William Beaumont Breast Care Ct  Beaumont Hospital General Sgy  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Frikker Robbins Villalba Ivascu  Level One Surgical Specialists  Frikker Robbins Villalba Ivascu  Level One Surgical Specialists  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Chronic Disease & Transplant  Frikker Robbins Villalba Ivascu  Royal Oak Surgical Associates  Frikker Robbins Villalba Ivascu  University Physician Group  Daniel K Holloway MD  James T Courtney MD PC  Sinai Grace Hospital Gen Sgy  Barnwell Parish and Bland MDs  Barnwell Parish and Bland MDs  Open Surgical Specialists  Eugene W Laveroni DO  Surgery Specialists  Open Surgical Specialists  Surgery Specialists  Open Surgical Specialists  Surgery Specialists  Laparoscopic Laser Surgeon  Oak Land Bariatrics  Bierema & Browning MD PC  Bierema & Browning MD PC  Raskin Clinical Associates  Michicagan Center For Surgical  Mark A Pleatman MD  Surgeons Of Michigan PC  Bloomfield Surgical Associates  Kestenberg Surgical Group  Bloomfield Surgical Associates  Bloomfield Surgical Associates  Malik E Mckany MD  Michigan Bariatric Institute  Bloomfield Surgical Associates  Bashar Yaldo MD PC  Michigan Bariatric Institute  Conrad A Kawel III MD  Wagdi E Credi MD  St Joseph's Medical Center  Warrenfield Medical Center  Harper Bariatric Medicine Inst  Acute Care Henry Ford Hospital  St John Weight Loss Center  Oakland-Macomb Surgical Group  St John Weight Loss Center  St John Weight Loss Center  St John Weight Loss Center  St John Weight Loss Center Southfield, MichiganUpcoming Local Events2013-06-16
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