Dr. George B Helfrich, MD



General Surgery   -  Texas,  Lubbock

 Overview

Dr. George B Helfrich, MD works in Lubbock, Texas is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated University Ill Hosps in 1971. Dr. Helfrich is affiliated with Covenant Medical Center - 19th Street and practicing for 58 years

 Specialties

  • General Surgery

 Conditions

• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy
• Arthritic Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Cupping Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• Esophageal Tumor
• Exercise Management
• Fear of Getting Married
  ...
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypochondriasis
• Immunodeficiency Syndromes
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Neurological Muscle Weakness
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Photosensitivity
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
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 Procedures

• Abdominal Pain
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Arteriovenous Shunt Creation
• Atelectasis
• Biliary Atresia
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Breast Cancer
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
  ...
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Embolectomy, Thrombectomy, or Vessel Exploration
• Empyema
• Esophageal Varices
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Hemorrhoids
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Incisional Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
• Lipomas
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Parathyroid (Gland) Disease
• Parathyroidectomy
• Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection
• Peripheral Arterial Embolism and Thrombosis
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Phlebitis and Thrombophlebitis
• Pleural Effusion
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal of Arteriovenous Shunt for Renal Dialysis
• Renal Transplant and Nephrectomy
• Revision of Arteriovenous Shunt for Renal Dialysis
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• Thoracentesis
• Thromboendarterectomy or Excision of Infected Graft
• Tracheal Surgery
• Trigger Point Injection
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Umbilical Hernia
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery

 Years Since Graduation

  • 58

 State License

  • Texas

 Education & Training

Residency Hospital

University Ill Hosps

Chicago, IL, USA

Year completed: 1971

Internship Hospital

University Ill Hosps

Chicago, IL, USA

Year completed: 1966

Fellowship Hospital

University Ill Hosps

Chicago, IL, USA

Year completed: 1969

Medical School

University Of Illinois College Of Medicine Chicago

Chicago, IL, United States

Graduated: 1965

 Awards

1   AAS
2   ABA
3   Association Cs

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Transplant Surgical Associates
3606 21st Street Suite 104
Texas (TX)
Lubbock
79410

Accepting New Patients

  • No
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 Map & Directions



Transplant Surgical Associates, 3606 21st Street Suite 104, Lubbock, Texas (TX), 79410




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • American Republic
  • Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
  • Assurant Health
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Choice Care PPO
  • Choice Plus POS
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • Coventry Health Care
  • GEHA
  • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
  • HealthFirst
  • HealthSmart
  • Humana
  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Medicare MCR
  • Molina
  • Molina Healthcare
  • MultiPlan
  • MultiPlan PPO
  • Navigate HMO
  • Navigate POS
  • Options PPO
  • PHCS Network PPO
  • Preferred PPO
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthCare

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 Affiliated Hospitals





Covenant Medical Center - 19th Street

3615 19th Street Texas TX, Lubbock, 79410

As our region's largest health system, Covenant Health System believes it is our responsibility to provide the best possible care for every one of the 1.2 million people we serve.Covenant Health System is a member of St. Joseph Health System, one of the most successful not-for-profit health systems ...


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