Dr. Frances Halpern Taney M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Reproductive Endocrinology
5 Twin Ponds St Great Neck NY, 11024About
Dr. Frances Taney is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Great Neck, NY. Dr. Taney specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Taney can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Taney 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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Tufts University School of Medicine 1981
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