Dr. Dennis Gerald Shoff MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecology
1310 Woodland Drive Elizabethtown KY, 42701About
Dr. Dennis Shoff is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Elizabethtown, KY. Dr. Shoff specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Shoff can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Shoff 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
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1976
Tulane University of Louisiana 1976
Tulane University School of Medicine 1976
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