Dr. Jon J Pehrson M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
55 Fogg Rd South Weymouth MA, 02190About
Dr. Jon Pehrson is a critical care surgeon practicing in South Weymouth, MA. Dr. Pehrson 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. Pehrson has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1977
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- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Thyroid Cancer
- Vascular Disease
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