Dr. Carol B Alan M.D
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
1278 N Lafayette Dr Sumter SC, 29150About
Dr. Carol Alan is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Sumter, SC. Dr. Alan specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Alan can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Alan 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1997
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1993
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Diabetes
- Anemia
- Obesity
- Gestational Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
- Pain
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