Dr. Joann V. Pinkerton M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
2955 Ivy Rd Charlottesville VA, 22903Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Joann Pinkerton is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Pinkerton specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Pinkerton can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Pinkerton 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
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine 1981
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Alternatives to the use of estrogen in postmenopausal women.
- Cerebral arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy: presentation and neurologic, obstetric, and ethical significance.
- Ethical theory and principles: do they have any relevance to problems arising in everyday practice?
- Use of alternatives to estrogen for treatment of menopause.
- Gamete retrieval in terminal conditions: is it practical? What are the consequences?
- End-of-life discussions for the primary care obstetrician/gynecologist.
- Reproduction in couples who are affected by human immunodeficiency virus: medical, ethical, and legal considerations.
- Vasomotor symptoms in menopause: where we've been and where we're going.
- Why does NAMS need a code of ethics?
- Perspective on menopausal vasomotor symptoms, CAM, and the SWAN.
- Does addition of gabapentin to antidepressant therapy improve control of hot flashes?
- Triple repeat diseases and unstable gonadal function.
- An expert offers advice on the use of unregulated, custom-compounded hormones.
- Estrogen agonists/antagonists in combination with estrogen for prevention and treatment of menopause-associated signs and symptoms.
- MF-101, an estrogen receptor beta agonist for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women.
Treatments
- Vaginal Prolapse
- Menopause
- Osteoporosis
- Fibroids
- Scleroderma
- Vaginitis
- Pain
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
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