I know what you mean Chacha. My original surgeon (general) told he does hemmies and hernias. That was about it. I found out recently that my CRS also does surgery on ingrown toenails! Weird!
I did not see my original surgeon on that list when I looked at it originally, Dr. Edward Gentis. I will have to look again. My current one is on there though and so is the other one I consulted with. They are pretty well the only 'colorectal surgeons' in the city. A couple of months ago when I phoned around to a number of general surgeons, I learned that there were a few of them that did fissure surgeries as well. So there is that flexibility, here at least.