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Howard Bourdages MD

Assistant Chief of Surgery

VA Phoenix health care

Assistance Chief of Surgery General Surgeon

Education
Residency: General Surgery, University of Minnesota 1996
Medical School: Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1988
College: Johns Hopkins University 1984

Board Certifications
General Surgery: American Board of Surgery 1997-Present

Clinic Locations

Carl T. Hayden Phoenix VA Medical Center
650 E Indian School Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85012

Expertise/Clinical Interests
Robotic/ minimally invasive surgery
Hernia repair
Gallbladder disease
Surgical Quality and Improvement

Procedures Offered 
Hernia repair (inguinal, ventral, umbilical, hiatal, incisional, parastomal)
Cholecystectomy (gallbladder)
Intestinal surgery (colectomy (colon), small intestine)
Ostomy reversal
Appendectomy (appendix)
Lymph node biopsy
Soft tissue mass and skin lesion excision
Hemorrhoidectomy
Breast surgeries

Other Hospital Affiliations
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Arizona
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery Mayo Clinic Arizona