Mrs. Kathryn Furr Patten MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
27 Doctors Drive Hendersonville NC, 28792About
Dr. Kathryn Patten is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Hendersonville, NC. Dr. Patten specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Patten can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Patten can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University 1995
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Vaginal Prolapse
- Menopause
- Pregnancy
- Premenstrual Syndrome (pms)
- Scleroderma
- Vaginitis
- Pain
- Stress Incontinence
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Skin Tag
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