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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Russel Palmer 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 Plastic SurgeryPlastic Surgery
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function, involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. He/she uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well. A plastic surgeon possesses special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation. Competence in the management of complex wounds, the use of implantable materials, and in tumor surgery is required.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Plastic Surgery.

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Hospital Affiliations

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Dr. Palmer is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Memorial Regional Hospital
3501 Johnson St
Hollywood, FL

License

Dr. Russel Palmer has been confirmed to have a license in Florida.

Education

Dr. Palmer attended medical school at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and graduated in 1980 having 32 years experience. . Advanced training program of a fellowship in Plastic Surgery was conducted at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Additional residency training in General Surgery was conducted at Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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