Dr. Gautam Rao MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
250 25th Ave N Suite 310 Nashville TN, 37203About
Dr. Gautam Rao is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Rao specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Rao can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Rao 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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Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1997
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