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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Jose Tang 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..

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. Tang is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital
1635 N Loop W
Houston, TX

License

Dr. Jose Tang Jr has been confirmed to have a license in Texas.

Education

Dr. Tang attended medical school at Cebu Institute of Medicine and graduated in 1965 having 47 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at Christus St Joseph Hospital.

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. Jose Tang Jr as:

• Jose B Tang
• J Tang

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