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Mr Rafael Chavez

Consultant General Surgeon
MD, MSc, PhD, FRCS

Practising at

Spire Cardiff Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Rafael Chavez at Spire include:

General surgery at Spire Cardiff Hospital

Professional profile

I graduated in 1975 and became a consultant lecturer in 1981. Having completed my PhD I have worked in transplantation and general surgery in Cambridge. I am currently working as a consultant transplant and general surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales Cardiff.

My surgical interests are general and laparoscopic surgery and transplantation.

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Gastro-intestinal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, laparoscopic surgery, cholecystectomy and surgery of hernias

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