
Dr. Kathy B. Porter MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
1707 Center St Suite 102 Mobile AL, 36604About
Dr. Kathy Porter is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Porter specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Porter can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Porter 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
Univ of Louisville Sch of Med, Louisville Ky 1981
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prolonged-interval delivery between the first and second twin. A case report.
- Commentary review on hypertension.
- Vitamin B-6 content of breast milk and neonatal behavioral functioning.
- Cervicothoracic intradural spinal lipoma without dyraphism diagnosed postpartum.
- Percutaneous Drainage of a Rapidly Enlarging Simple Ovarian Cyst in the Third Trimester.
- Effect of pain and analgesia on compensatory reserve.
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