General Surgery

Comprehensive Surgical Care

Whether your condition is common or complex, Temple surgeons serve all of your needs. Our nationally renowned team offers fellowship-trained surgeons in every subspecialty. Temple surgeons diagnose and treat a wide array of ailments – from lumps, bumps and fluid-filled cysts to severe injury, disease and multiple organ failure. Regardless of your condition, our surgeons offer exceptional, comprehensive care.

Doctors use the least invasive treatments possible – including robotic-assisted or other minimally invasive options. Sophisticated technologies allow surgeons to operate through tiny cuts. This can help to ease healing to get you back to your daily life sooner.

You’ll find high-level care at multiple locations including Temple University Hospital, Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus and at outpatient appointments at Temple Health Fort Washington.

Temple Health surgeons treat many conditions, including:

• Achalasia
• Appendicitis
• Bleeding in the digestive tract
• Bowel obstruction
• Breast cancer
• Cholecystitis
• Gallstones
• Hiatal hernia
• Hidradenitis
• Inguinal hernia
• Non-healing surgical wound
• Obesity
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic ulcers
• Pressure ulcers
• Severe burns

Temple teams, facilities and services provide leading-edge, individually focused surgical care. Trusted reviewers such as “Top Doctors” and Best Doctors in America® consistently rank Temple surgeons among the nation’s best.

Surgery care highlights include:

Find a doctor near you, schedule an appointment online or by calling 800-TEMPLE-MED (800-836-7536).