Dr. Amir H Shoja MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
2108 Gallows Rd Suite A Vienna VA, 22182About
Dr. Amir Shoja is a critical care surgeon practicing in Vienna, VA. Dr. Shoja specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Shoja has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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