Dr. Shawn Christopher Kleinpeter MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
9000 Airline Hwy Suite 620 Baton Rouge LA, 70815About
Dr. Shawn Kleinpeter is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Kleinpeter specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Kleinpeter can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Kleinpeter 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
La State Univ Sch of Med In Shreveport, Shreveport La 1993
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1993
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Treatments
- Infertility
- Menopause
- Osteoporosis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Pregnancy
- Hypothyroidism
- Vaginitis
- Pain
- Cold Sores
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