Dr. Don Fishman MD

General Surgeon - Oak Lawn, IL

Dr. Don Fishman specializes in general surgery and trauma surgery in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Details of Dr. Fishman's 29 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Rush University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Fishman

Dr. Don Fishman
Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Don Fishman 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. He obtained board certification from the member board for General Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

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Dr. Fishman is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL

Education

Dr. Fishman attended medical school at Rush University Rush Medical College and graduated in 1983 having 29 years experience.

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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.