Dr. Joan Wilson MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
2212 Wilborn Ave South Boston VA, 24592About
Dr. Joan Wilson is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in South Boston, VA. Dr. Wilson specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Wilson can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Wilson 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 1979
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Urinary Incontinence
- Vaginal Prolapse
- Osteoporosis
- Pregnancy
- Vaginitis
- Pain
- Uterine Prolapse
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