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Dr. James Peter Lapolla MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
600 Eighth Street South Suite B Saint Petersburg FL, 33701About
Dr. James Lapolla is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Saint Petersburg, FL. Dr. Lapolla specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Lapolla can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Lapolla 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 Illinois College of Medicine 1975
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Measurement of phospholipids may improve diagnostic accuracy in ovarian cancer.
- Morbidity and survival patterns in patients after radical hysterectomy and postoperative adjuvant pelvic radiotherapy.
- Interstitial radiotherapy for the treatment of advanced or recurrent vulvar and distal vaginal malignancy.
- Detection of endometrial carcinoma: clinical judgement versus histologic examination.
- The management of diaphragmatic lesions in ovarian carcinoma.
- Ovarian management at the time of radical hysterectomy for cancer of the cervix.
- Recent modifications in the treatment of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva.
- Neoplasia in vaginal cuff epithelial inclusion cysts after hysterectomy.
- Concomitant radiation therapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced squamous carcinoma of the lower female genital tract.
- Whole-abdomen radiation as a second-line therapy for epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Diagnosis and management of vulvar carcinoma.
- Colposcopic management of abnormal cervical cytology in pregnancy.
- Heparin-neutralizing activity in the plasma of women with gynecologic malignancy: the effect of tumor stage on heparin concentration and fibrin generation after low-dose heparin.
Treatments
- Fibroids
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pain
- Wrinkle & Scar Improvement
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Practice At 600 Eighth Street South Suite B
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Matthew L. Anderson MD3 Tampa General Cir Tampa FL 33606
- Dr. Richard T. Burke MD700 6th St S Saint Petersburg FL 33701
- Dr. Nicole Fanarjian M.D.2919 W Swann Ave Tampa FL 33609
- Dr. Frank B. Marsalisi MD7035 CENTRAL AVE ST PETERSBURG FL 33710
- Dr. Karen Raimer M.D.625 6th Ave S Saint Petersburg FL 33701
- Dr. Amy S Taneja M.D.5002 W LEMON ST TAMPA FL 33609
Nearest Hospitals
BAYFRONT HEALTH - ST PETERSBURGl
701 6TH ST S SAINT PETERSBURG FL 33701