Dr. Tamara Elmira Coates MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
1400 Forest Glen Rd Suite 525 Silver Spring MD, 20910About
Dr. Tamara Coates is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Coates specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Coates can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Coates 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
Umdnj-Robt W Johnson Med Sch- New Brunswick Nj 1991
Rutgers 1991
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Gestational Diabetes
- Fibroids
- Pregnancy
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
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