- Dr. Desmond H Birkett, MD
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Dr. Desmond H Birkett, MD
General Surgery - Massachusetts, Burlington
Overview
Dr. Desmond H Birkett, MD works in Burlington, Massachusetts is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Guy'S Hospital Med School London in 1963. Dr. Birkett is affiliated with Exeter Hospital, Lahey Clinic Hospital and practicing for 60 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Arthritic Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
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• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendicitis
• Arteriovenous Shunt Creation
• Atelectasis
• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Colorectal Cancer
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• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diverticulum of Esophagus
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Esophagomyotomy
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Gastrotomy
• Hidradenitis
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Incisional Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Lipomas
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Open Diaphragmatic and-or Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repair
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Orchiectomy
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Peripheral Arterial Embolism and Thrombosis
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Pleural Effusion
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Rib Fracture
• Secondary Malignancies
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Vagotomy
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 60
State License
- Massachusetts
Education & Training
Medical School
Guy'S Hospital Med School London
Graduated: 1963
Graduated: 1963
Internship Hospital
Guys Hosp/london University
London, United Kingdom
Year completed: 1963
London, United Kingdom
Year completed: 1963
Awards
1 ACS
2 AGEA
3 NESS
4 SAGES
5 SSAT
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Office Locations
Primary location
Lahey Clinic Burlington
41 Mall Road
Massachusetts (MA)
Burlington
1805
Phone:(978) 538-4180
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Simplifi
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Health Plans
- Tufts PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Exeter Hospital
5 Alumni Drive
New Hampshire NH,
Exeter,
3833
Exeter Hospital is a hospital located in Exeter, NH. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 2 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 9 procedures.
Lahey Clinic Hospital
41 Mall Road
Massachusetts MA,
Burlington,
1805
Lahey Clinic Hospital is a hospital located in Burlington, MA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 8 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 4 of 16 procedures.
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