Dr. Dorsey Ligon M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
80 68th St Se Suite 301 Grand Rapids MI, 49548About
Dr. Dorsey Ligon is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Ligon specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Ligon can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Ligon 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
Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine 1975
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Treatments
- Anxiety
- Urinary Incontinence
- Menopause
- Fibroids
- Pregnancy
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Vaginitis
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Thyroiditis
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