Dr. Melissa Welch Smith M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
1150 Robert Blvd Suite 360 Slidell LA, 70458About
Dr. Melissa Smith is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Slidell, LA. Dr. Smith specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Smith can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Smith 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
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 2004
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Gestational Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
- Vaginitis
- Pain
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