
Dr. Roy Macbeth Pitkin M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
78900 Rancho La Quinta Dr La Quinta CA, 92253About
Dr. Roy Pitkin is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in La Quinta, CA. Dr. Pitkin specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Pitkin can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Pitkin 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 Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1959
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1959
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Accuracy of data in abstracts of published research articles.
- Energy in pregnancy.
- Effectiveness of a journal intervention to improve abstract quality.
- A view of reviews.
- Calcium metabolism in pregnancy: a review.
- Placental transfer of aspartate and its metabolites in the primate.
- Placental transfer of aspartate and its metabolites in the primate.
- Vitamins and minerals in pregnancy.
- Transplacental passage of methylmercury and its uptake by primate fetal tissues (38576).
- Adieu.
- Creatinine exchange between mother, fetus, and amniotic fluid.
- Monosodium glutamate metabolism in the neonatal monkey.
- Privacy and publication.
- Estrogen and the irradiated vagina.
- Calcitonin effects in primate pregnancy.
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- Dr. Emily Katherine Rekuc D.O.79440 Corporate Center Dr La Quinta CA 92253
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- Dr. Francis Rene Van de carr M.D.79640 Rancho La Quinta Dr La Quinta CA 92253
Nearest Hospitals
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
47111 MONROE STREET INDIO CA 92201EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTERl
39-000 BOB HOPE DRIVE RANCHO MIRAGE CA 92270