- Dr. Laurence K Tanaka, MD
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Dr. Laurence K Tanaka, MD
General Surgery
- California, San Diego
Overview
Dr. Laurence K Tanaka, MD works in San Diego, California is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Harkness Comm Hospital in 1972. Dr. Tanaka is affiliated with Scripps Mercy Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista and practicing for 52 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Immunodeficiency Syndromes
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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Procedures
• Appendectomy, Open• Biopsy of Breast
• Colectomy
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Gastric Bypass Surgery, Laparoscopic
• Gastrotomy
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• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Parathyroidectomy
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 52
State License
- Hawaii
- Louisiana
Spoken Languages
- Japanese
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Harkness Comm Hospital
San Francisco, CA, USA
Year completed: 1972
San Francisco, CA, USA
Year completed: 1972
Medical School
Tulane University School Of Medicine
New Orleans, LA, United States
Graduated: 1971
New Orleans, LA, United States
Graduated: 1971
Awards
1 ACS
2 AMA
3 CMA
4 SWSC
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Office Locations
Primary location
Hillcrest Surgical Medical Grp
4060 4th Avenue Suite 330
California (CA)
San Diego
92103
Phone:(619) 298-9931
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 30 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Hillcrest Surgical Medical Grp, 4060 4th Avenue Suite 330, San Diego, California (CA), 92103
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
- Basic PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Community Care Network HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Delta Health System
- Employer Group HMO
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health Net
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- Local Access Plus HMO
- LocalPlus
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Molina Healthcare
- National Elevator
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Power Select HMO
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- WholeCare Network HMO
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Affiliated Hospitals
Scripps Mercy Hospital
4077 5th Avenue
California CA,
San Diego,
92103
Scripps Mercy Hospital is a hospital located in San Diego, CA. This hospital reports jointly with Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the stat...
Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista
435 H Street
California CA,
Chula Vista,
91910
Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista is a hospital located in Chula Vista, CA. This hospital reports jointly with Scripps Mercy Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the st...
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