Dr. Annam Abbasi is an OB/GYN at Virginia Physicians for Women. Her areas of expertise are equity and equality of healthcare, individualizing prenatal care, abnormal uterine bleeding, minimally...
Prince George (VA) - - Phone: (804) 520-0205
Dr. Maggie S. Sager is an OB/GYN at Virginia Physicians for Women. Her areas of expertise are adolescent gynecology, contraceptive counseling, low intervention birth, patient education and prevention....
Prince George (VA) - - Phone: (804) 520-0205
Melissa Foster is a nurse practitioner at Virginia Physicians for Women. Her areas of expertise are cancer prevention, preventive gynecology, women’s health and oncology. Melissa sees patients at...
Prince George (VA) - - Phone: (804) 520-0205
Virginia Physicians for Women (VPFW) is a respected OB/GYN women's health practice dedicated to giving you personalized, compassionate OB/GYN care from your first annual exam through pregnancy,...
Prince George (VA) - - Phone: (804) 520-0205
Gynecologists & obstetricians, in Prince George, are the two surgical–medical specialists who deal with the problems concerning female reproductive systems in their non-pregnant and pregnant state, respectively. While a gynecologist treats a patient for fertility & conception-related problems, obstetricians are consulted regarding the problems faced during pregnancy & child-birth. In most cases the professions merge i.e. same specialist is found to perform both the roles.
Gynecologists & obstetricians in Prince George need to be specially trained in the following categories:
1. Maternal-fetal medicine or perinatology — an obstetrician specializes in the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies and surgery on the fetus to reduce its morbidity and mortality.
2. Reproductive endocrinology and infertility — a gynecologist focuses on the biological causes and interventional treatment of infertility.
2. Gynecological oncology — a gynecologist is trained to perform the medical and surgical treatment of women with cancers of the reproductive organs.
4. Urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery — a gynecologist also specializes in diagnosis and surgical treatment of women with urinary incontinence and prolapse of the pelvic organs.
5. Family planning — a gynecologist receives training in contraception and artificial pregnancy termination (abortion).
6. Advanced laparoscopic surgery.
7. Paediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
8. Menopausal and geriatric gynecology.
The Accredited Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) have recognized only the first four specializations of those mentioned above, while the rest are considered to be informal concentrations of practice. Gynecologists or obstetricians in Prince George must complete an ACGME-accredited fellowship and receive Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) to receive recognition as a board-certified specialist.
