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Dr. Gary Behrens M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
12303 De Paul Dr Bridgeton MO, 63044About
Dr. Gary Behrens is a critical care surgeon practicing in Bridgeton, MO. Dr. Behrens 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. Behrens 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
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Nearest Hospitals
SSM HEALTH DEPAUL HOSPITAL ST LOUISl
12303 DEPAUL DRIVE BRIDGETON MO 63044SSM HEALTH ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL-ST CHARLESl
300 1ST CAPITOL DR SAINT CHARLES MO 63301