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Dr. William Arthur Growdon M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
1245 16th St Suite 312 Santa Monica CA, 90404About
Dr. William Growdon is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Growdon specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Growdon can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Growdon 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
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1974
Vanderbilt University Program 1974
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- 1981
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Obstetrics and gynecology-important advances in clinical medicine: genital herpes and vaginal delivery.
- Clavicle fractures in the newborn.
- Childhood anogenital lichen sclerosus. A case report.
- Pruritic vulvar squamous papillomatosis: evidence for human papillomavirus etiology.
- Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection occurring in second twin of an asymptomatic mother. Failure of a modern protocol.
- The clinical implications of retroperitoneal endometriosis.
- Modified Pereyra procedure under local anesthesia.
- Adverse effects of pregnancy on multifocal eosinophilic granuloma.
- Granuloma inguinale in a white teenager--a diagnosis easily forgotten, poorly pursued.
- An ominous left-sided pelvic mass in a young woman associated with the Cambridge Diet.
- Pubourethral supports in perspective: modified pereyra procedure for urinary incontinence.
Awards
- Southern California Super Doctors 2010-2012
- Southern California Super Doctors 2008 2009
- Los Angeles Super Doctors 2007
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Menopause
- Gestational Diabetes
- Fibroids
- Pregnancy
- Vaginitis
- Pain
Dr. William Arthur Growdon M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 200 Medical Plz Suite 430
200 Medical Plz Suite 430 -Los Angeles, CA 90095Get Direction
Practice At 1245 16th St Suite 312
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Nearby Providers
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- Paula Josephson Shulman1245 16th Street Suite 300 Santa Monica California 90404
- Dr. Steven A. Vasilev MD2200 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404
- Albert J. Phillips Other1301 20TH ST STE 270 SANTA MONICA CA 90404
- Dr. Cornelia B Daly M.D.2001 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404
- Dr. Angela Yat-sun Nishio M.D.2121 Santa Monica Blvd Santa Monica CA 90404
Nearest Hospitals
SANTA MONICA - UCLA MED CTR & ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALl
1250 16TH STREET SANTA MONICA CA 90404RONALD REAGAN U C L A MEDICAL CENTERl
757 WESTWOOD PLAZA LOS ANGELES CA 90095PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTERl
2121 SANTA MONICA BLVD SANTA MONICA CA 90404SANTA MONICA - UCLA MED CTR & ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALl
1250 16TH STREET SANTA MONICA CA 90404PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTERl
2121 SANTA MONICA BLVD SANTA MONICA CA 90404RONALD REAGAN U C L A MEDICAL CENTERl
757 WESTWOOD PLAZA LOS ANGELES CA 90095