
Dr. Gretchen Garbe Collins M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
2160 S 1st Ave # 103-1011 Maywood IL, 60153About
Dr. Gretchen Collins is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Maywood, IL. Dr. Collins specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Collins can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Collins can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
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