Dr. Joseph Emile Cummings M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
620 John Paul Jones Cir Nmcp Ob Gyn Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Dr. Joseph Cummings is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Portsmouth, VA. Dr. Cummings specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Cummings can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Cummings 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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