General Surgery
General Surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix, bile ducts and often the thyroid gland.
Surgical procedures include:
- Appendectomy
- Breast surgeries
- Colon and rectal surgery
- Esophageal surgery
- Endoscopy procedures (upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures)
- Gallbladder removal
- Open hernia repairs (umbilical, inguinal, ventral and femoral including laparoscopic hernia repairs)
- Removal of sebaceous cyst, lipomas and skin lesions
The General Surgery Clinic at JCRHC is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Dr. Angela Stork, Dr. Nathan Fierce and Dr. Michael Burchett come from Genesis Health Group, and Dr. Jacob Wagner, Dr. Ahmed El Hattab and Dr. Philip Bailey come from Dubuque General Surgeons. To schedule an appointment, call 563-652-7705. Please contact your insurance prior to clinic appointment.