Dr. Donald Edward Edger M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
4430 Exeter Dr M308 Longboat Key FL, 34228About
Dr. Donald Edger is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Longboat Key, FL. Dr. Edger specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Edger can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Edger 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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Univ of Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1955
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