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Dr. Dennis Smith Jr MD

General Surgeon - Marietta, GA

Dr. Dennis Smith Jr specializes in general surgery and trauma surgery in Marietta, Georgia. Details of Dr. Smith's 24 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Smith

Dr. Dennis Smith Jr
780 Canton Rd
Suite 320
Marietta, GA 30060

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Dennis Smith Jr identified specializing in General SurgeryGeneral Surgery
A surgeon manages a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon established the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill surgical patient. The surgeon uses a variety of diagnostic techniques, including endoscopy, for observing internal structures, and may use specialized instruments during operative procedures. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the salient features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist. and Trauma Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Smith is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital
2540 Windy Hill Rd SE
Marietta, GA

License

Dr. Dennis Smith Jr has been confirmed to have a license in Georgia.

Education

Dr. Smith attended medical school at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and graduated in 1988 having 24 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at University of Alabama Hospital.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.