Dr. Craig V Towers MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
1924 Alcoa Hwy Suite 6-South Knoxville TN, 37920Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Craig Towers is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Towers specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Towers can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Towers 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
University of Wales in Great Britain 1981
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Incidence of intrapartum maternal risk factors for identifying neonates at risk for early-onset group B streptococcal sepsis: A prospective study.
- The capture rate of at-risk term newborns for early-onset group B streptococcal sepsis determined by a risk factor approach.
- The effect of transport on the rate of severe intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight infants.
- Neonatal outcome when delivery follows a borderline immature lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio.
- The presence of hepatitis B surface antigen and deoxyribonucleic acid in amniotic fluid and cord blood.
- Antepartum use of antibiotics and early-onset neonatal sepsis: the next 4 years.
- Is the incidence of fetal-to-maternal hemorrhage increased in patients with
- Perinatal outcome in pregnancy complicated by massive obesity.
- Severity of asthma and perinatal outcome.
- A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of betamethasone for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation.
- Detection of phosphatidylglycerol in frozen amniotic fluid by rapid assay of fetal lung maturity.
- Influence of carbon monoxide poisoning on the fetal heart monitor tracing: a report of 3 cases.
- Rate of recurrence of preterm premature rupture of membranes in consecutive pregnancies.
- Longitudinal study of CD4+ cell counts in HIV-negative pregnant patients.
- Prophylactic amnioinfusion in pregnancies complicated by oligohydramnios: a prospective study.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Gestational Diabetes
- Pregnancy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
Fellowships
- University of California, Irvine
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TN MEDICAL CENTERl
1924 ALCOA HIGHWAY KNOXVILLE TN 37920