Liver Transplant Center - Wellington, FLWellington 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 Wellington * Advanced Breast Care  Samuel J Margiotta MD PA  Palms Wellington Plastic Sgy  Womens Breast Care Center Inc  Clinica Via  Digestive Disease Cntr Plm Bch  Digestive Disease Cntr Plm Bch  Digestive Disease Cntr Plm Bch  Digestive Disease Cntr Plm Bch  Palm Beach Surgical Associates  Palm Beach Surgical Associates  Damien C Joy MD  Donna H Kleban MD  Patricia A Massee MD  Palm Beach Surgical Associates  Wellington Wound Care Center  Andrew Shapiro MD PA  Lake Worth Surgery Center  Jeffrey L Katzell MD PA  Bthsda Wnd Cr & Hprbrc Medcn Pr  Bthsda Wnd Cr & Hprbrc Medcn Pr  John D Corbitt Jr MD  JFK Wound Care Management  Bariattric Wellness/ Sgcl Inst  Village Womens Healthcare  Womens Health & Healing  Rothman Outpatient Surgry Ctr  Palm Beach Breast Institute  Palm Beach Breast Institute  Andrew S Lepoff DO  West Palm Beach VA Medical Ctr  Breast Care Ctr Columbia Hosp  Breast Care Ctr Columbia Hosp  Higgins & Shasha MDs  Palm Beach Trauma Associates  Palm Beach Trauma Associates  Palm Beach Trauma Associates  Richard A Lynn MD  Tenet Florida Physician Svs  Palm Beach Trauma Associates  Gabriel Zambrano MD  Raymond Henderson MD  Outpatient Center Boynton Beach  Outpatient Center Boynton Beach  General & Vascular Srgy Specs  General & Vascular Srgy Specs  Joyner Hand  Delray Medical Truma Associates  Wound Treatment Center Delray  University Medical Health Ctr  Minimally Invasive Srgcl Assc  Mnmlly Invsv Sgcl Assocs Sth FL  South Florida Surgical  Palm Beach Trauma Associates  South Florida Surgical  South Florida Surgical  Palm Beach Gardens Ambulatory  Santuary Medical Center  Intracoastal Cardiothoracic Sgy  Boca Raton Orthopdc/Sprts Medcn  Boca Raton Orthopdc/Sprts Medcn  Dudak & Dudak MDs  David S Margolis MD  Kahlil A Shillingford MD  Robert E Topper MD  Bassam Sayegh MD  Bassam Sayegh MD  Jupiter Plastic Surgery Center  L Raul Arroyo MD  John A P Rimmer MD  Jupiter Medical Ctr Phys Grp  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Center Wound Care & Hyperbaric  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Surgical Assocs-Palm Bch Cnty  Jupiter Wound Care Center  Jupiter Medical Ctr Bariatrics  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  South Florida Surgical Special  Boca Deerfield Foot Care Center  Ronald S Oberman DPM  Sergio M Gallenero MD  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Sylvester At Deerfield Beach  Pestana & Pestana Mds  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Specs  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC  South Florida Surgical Spec LLC Wellington, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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