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With skills in teaching and care management as well as clinical operations, Dr. Gordon B. Kuttner served as an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Albany Medical College in New York for five years. As an undergraduate medical education clerkship director for the department of OB-GYN and reproductive sciences, Gordon B. Kuttner, MD, taught residents and medical students and supervised nurses and lab technicians during the period.
Health care providers skilled in providing pregnancy and childbirth care as well as female reproductive health care, obstetrician-gynecologists, or OB-GYNs, are doctors who have studied obstetrics and gynecology and are skilled in both areas. While the term may refer to the doctor specialized in the area, OB-GYN can also refer to the areas of specialization of “obstetrics and gynecology.”
A branch of medicine that deals with providing care for women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth, and the postpartum period, obstetrics focuses on providing health care and maintaining a woman’s health during pregnancy.
On the other hand, gynecology is a branch of medicine concerned with diagnosing and treating women’s reproductive systems. The reproductive organs of concern include the fallopian tubes, uterus, ovaries, and vagina. Aside from the reproductive organs, gynecology also extends to the screening and treatment of women’s breasts.
Obstetrician gynecologists perform a wide range of preventive care procedures, including STI testing, pap smear, ultrasounds, pelvic exams, and blood work. Although recommendations differ for patients of varying ages and those experiencing the changes that naturally occur in reproductive health over time, many women visit their OB-GYNs at least once in a year.
