
Xavier Fonseca
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
2799 W GRAND BLVD DETROIT MI, 48202About
Dr. Xavier Fonseca is a critical care surgeon practicing in DETROIT, MI. Dr. Fonseca 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. Fonseca 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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