Ms. Mary Ellen Shannon
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
6 HUGHES IRVINE CA, 92618About
Dr. Mary Shannon is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Shannon specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Shannon can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Shannon 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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Dr. Mary Ellen Shannon is a conventionally trained OB/GYN who founded Caring For Women in 1991. She had a very successful practice until she was confronted with a life-threatening illness. The Mayo Doctors told her she needed a heart and liver transplant or she would die in 2 years. Since they...
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