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General surgeon
Occupation
Names
Physician
Surgeon
Occupation type
Specialty
Activity sectors
Medicine, Surgery
Description
Education required
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Fields of employment
Hospitals, Clinics
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. General surgeons also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, peripheral artery disease and hernias and perform endoscopic as such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy and laparoscopic procedures.
Generalsurgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large...
which require very specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform. Generalsurgery is a specialty focused on the abdominal contents, as well as the thyroid...
medicine Bariatric surgery Cardiac surgery Cardiothoracic surgery Colorectal surgery Endocrine surgery Ophthalmology Generalsurgery Neurosurgery Oral...
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive surgery of the face, facial trauma surgery, the oral cavity (mouth)...
procedures and surgical reconstruction. The specialty evolved from general and cardiovascular surgery where it refined the management of just the vessels, no longer...
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders...
integrated internship that involves more general medical training in other fields such as internal medicine or generalsurgery. Following residency, additional...
Cardiac surgeons may enter a cardiac surgery residency directly from medical school, or first complete a generalsurgery residency followed by a fellowship...
in generalsurgery at Seattle Grace Hospital, Bailey works her way up to the attending physician level, and is eventually named Chief of Surgery. Her...
ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases...
cuts in the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery, also called minimally invasive procedure, bandaid surgery, or keyhole surgery, is a modern surgical technique...
nature (e.g. Anatomy, GeneralSurgery, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Ophthalmology), the candidate gets a MS (Master of Surgery) degree, these are...
surgeons, surgical doctors have to complete a generalsurgery residency as well as a colorectal surgery fellowship, upon which they are eligible to be...
Craniofacial surgery Dermatology Endocrinology Family and General Medicine Gastroenterologic surgery Gastroenterology General Practice Generalsurgery Geriatrics...
of prophylactic intravenous antibiotics is given immediately before surgery. General anaesthesia is induced, with endotracheal intubation and full muscle...
promoting the field of oncology. In 2011, the American Board of Surgery ratified Complex General Surgical Oncology via a specialty Board certification. The...
phosphate, among others. Soft-tissue laser surgery is used in a variety of applications in humans (generalsurgery, neurosurgery, ENT, dentistry, orthodontics...
The term abdominal surgery broadly covers surgical procedures that involve opening the abdomen (laparotomy). Surgery of each abdominal organ is dealt...
Inguinal hernia surgery is an operation to repair a weakness in the abdominal wall that abnormally allows abdominal contents to slip into a narrow tube...
Bariatric surgery (or metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a medical term for surgical procedures used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions...
Dental surgery Endocrine surgeryGeneralsurgery Neurological surgery Obstetrics and gynaecology Ophthalmology Oral and maxillofacial surgery Orthopedic...
order to protect Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). He goes back to being GeneralSurgery attending, although all the staff still calls him "Chief" due to his...
the position of an attending, and in 2016, attaining the Chief of GeneralSurgery position. As the daughter of world-renowned surgeon Ellis Grey, Meredith...
In the United Kingdom it was developed as a separate specialty from generalsurgery by Richard Welbourne and John Lynn, surgeons at what was then the 'Royal...