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Fcare Systems USA LLC
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Thomas E. Niesen, M.D. was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. He attended
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for undergraduate and Medical School.
He returned to St. Louis and did his internship and residency in surgery at
Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
He has been in surgical practice since 1986 at St. Luke’s Hospital in
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