Dr. James D Fischer M.D.
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
101 W 8th Ave Suite 100 Spokane WA, 99204About
Dr. James Fischer practices Pediatric Surgery in Spokane, WA. Dr. Fischer treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Fischerdiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
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Univ of Alberta, Fac of Med, Edmonton, Alb, Canada 1970
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