Dr. Howard M. Listwa D.O.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
322 S 17th St Allentown PA, 18104About
Dr. Howard Listwa is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Allentown, PA. Dr. Listwa specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Listwa can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Listwa 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
Philadelphia Coll of Osteo Med, Philadelphia Pa 1972
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1972
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A pure enterococcal abscess after cesarean section.
- A pure enterococcal abscess after cesarean section.
- The predictability of intrauterine infection by analysis of amniotic fluid.
- Amniotic fluid neutrophils prior to Cesarean section and intrauterine infection.
- The effect of internal fetal monitoring on maternal infection following cesarean section.
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