Dr. Richard Lee Biggs D.O.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth 620 John Paul Jones Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Dr. Richard Biggs is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Portsmouth, VA. Dr. Biggs specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Biggs can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Biggs can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
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