Dr. Thomas Collins MD

General Surgeon - Sanford, ME

Dr. Thomas Collins specializes in general surgery in Sanford, Maine. Details of Dr. Collins' 43 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Creighton University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Collins

Dr. Thomas Collins
Henrietta D Goodall Hospital
25 June St
Sanford, ME 04073

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Thomas Collins 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.. He obtained board certification from the member board for General Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

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Dr. Collins is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Henrietta D Goodall Hospital
25 June St
Sanford, ME

Education

Dr. Collins attended medical school at Creighton University School of Medicine and graduated in 1969 having 43 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Maine Medical Center.

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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.