surgeon role general surgeon role A surgeon role borne by a human being and that, if realized, is being realized by its bearer using operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas without the bearer of the role specializing into any particular field of surgery. A surgeon without specialization who performs operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas . Mathias Brochhausen