General Surgery

Patient Conditions

University of Maryland General Surgeons treat an array of diseases, including disorders of the endocrine system, gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary tree, and participate in the comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation and therapy of a range of cancers. Many of the state's first laparoscopic procedures were performed by UM General Surgeons, including laparoscopic cholecystectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection, vagotomy (also first in the U.S.), thoracoscopic lung resection, hernia repair, colon resection, splenectomy and nephrectomy.

Below is a list of some of the conditions we treat. Click on any of the links for more information.

Patient Conditions

Endocrine disorders

Hyperthyroidism
Hyperparathyroidism
Thyroid cancer
Endocrine hypertension
Benign and malignant adrenal tumors
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
Hormonal and metabolic responses to surgery and infection

Gastrointestinal disease
- Peptic (Gastric) ulcer disease
- Hiatal hernia
- Infectious diseases of the colon and rectum
- Reflux esophagitis
- Barrett's esophagus
- Radiation bowel injury
- Primary neoplasms of the stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum
- Achalasia
- Inflammatory bowel disease and continent reconstruction

Surgical infections
Severe soft tissue and abdominal wall infections
Solid tumor cancer
- Primary neoplasms of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum
- Gastrointestinal tumors
- Primary and metastatic liver tumors
- Melanoma and sarcoma

Benign and malignant diseases of the biliary tract
Diseases of the breast
Benign and malignant diseases of the pancreas
- Pancreatic neoplasms
- Pancreatitis and its complications
- Benign and malignant functioning tumors of the pancreas

Perianal disease
Enterocutaneous fistula

This page was last updated on: May 8, 2009.

If you would like to make an appointment or talk to someone about our services, please call 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).