General Surgery

What is a Surgeon?

A general surgeon is a specialist prepared to manage a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon establishes the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill. The surgeon has acquired knowledge of technical skills in congenital, infectious, metabolic and neoplastic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities, including the hand and the gastrointestinal, vascular and endocrine systems. The surgeon also uses a variety of diagnostic techniques.

J. Martin Hayes, M.D., earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1995. He completed his surgical residency at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Justin B. Plaxico, M.D., earned his medical degree at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000.  He completed his surgical residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center in 2005.  He is board certified with the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.