Dr. Joe Cates MD
General Surgeons — Overland Park, KS
Contact Dr. CatesDr. Joe Cates specializes in general surgery, vascular surgery in Overland Park, Kansas. Details of Dr. Cates' 26 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at University of Missouri - Kansas City are available on your free doctor report.
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Primary Location for Dr. Cates
10730 Nall Ave
Suite 101
Overland Park, KS 66211
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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise
Dr. Joe Cates 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 Vascular SurgeryVascular Surgery
A surgeon with expertise in the management of surgical disorders of the blood vessels, excluding the intercranial vessels or the heart..
He is certified in General 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. Cates is affiliated with 1 hospital:
Research Medical Center
2316 E Meyer Blvd
Kansas City, MO
Education
Dr. Cates attended medical school at University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine and graduated in 1987 having 26 years experience.Get more education details on your free report
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.
Aliases
Patients may also know Dr. Joe Cates MD as:
- Joe A Cates
- J Cates
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