Dr. Amando P. Ortillo, MD

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Get to know Obstetrician-Gynecologist Dr. Amado P. Ortillo, who serves patients in St. Louis, Missouri

Dr. Ortillo is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist who welcomes patients at his private practice in Saint Louis, Missouri. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in the state of Missouri. Dr. Ortillo has previously been affiliated with St. Anthony’s Medical Center, now Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, Missouri.

After he received his medical degree in 1961, Dr. Ortillo relocated to the United States where he completed a transitional year at Deaconess Central Hospital (1962-1963).  He then proceeded to perform his obstetrics and gynecology residencies, first at St Louis County Hospital (1965 – 1967), and then at Missouri Baptist Hospital (1967 – 1971).

Passionate about his profession, the doctor is board eligible in general surgery and obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).

Obstetrics and Gynecology is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics and gynecology. Female pelvic medicine is the study, identification and treatment of conditions in a woman’s urinary tract and pelvic floor.

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