
Samuel Keener Mcelwee M.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
619 19TH ST S BIRMINGHAM AL, 35249About
Dr. Samuel Mcelwee is a critical care surgeon practicing in BIRMINGHAM, AL. Dr. Mcelwee 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. Mcelwee 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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- Dr. Kevin J Leon MD619 19th Street South Birmingham AL 35233
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