Dr. Donald Pruett MD

General Surgeon - Saint Louis, MO

Dr. Donald Pruett specializes in general surgery in Saint Louis, Missouri. Details of Dr. Pruett's 52 years experience as an MD, her hospital affiliation and education at University of Missouri are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Pruett

Dr. Donald Pruett
3009 N Ballas Rd
Suite 132A
Saint Louis, MO 63131

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Donald Pruett 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.. She obtained board certification from the member board for General Surgery.

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Insurance Accepted

Dr. Donald Pruett accepts the following plans for Anthem at 3009 N Ballas Rd:

Blue Access (PPO)
Blue Access Choice (PPO)
Lumenos plans (Blue Access Choice network)
Lumenos plans (Blue Access network)
MyChoice Plans

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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. Pruett is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Shriners Hospital
2001 S Lindbergh Blvd
Saint Louis, MO

Education

Dr. Pruett attended medical school at University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine and graduated in 1960 having 52 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson Health.

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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.