Dr. Joseph H. Trotter, MD

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Get to know Medical Manager & Pathologist Dr. Joseph H. Trotter, who serves patients in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Dr. Joseph Trotter is a family practitioner practicing in Pine Bluff, AR. Dr. Trotter specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages.

In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Dr. Trotter possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.

Dr. Trotter is a pathologist who specializes in the causes and paths taken by different diseases in order to accurately diagnose an illness.

He also diagnoses and determines the characteristics of a disease through the study of biopsies of diseased tissue or of bodily fluids. For example, a Dr. Trotter will look at a biopsy of a skin lesion in order to diagnose or rule out skin cancer.

Dr. Trotter will also look at a Pap smear in order to check for a gynecological cancer like cancer of the uterus.

In addition to determining the cause and development of a disease, Dr. Trotter also studies the changes a disease makes to a body and the consequences of those structural changes.

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