Community Health and Wellness Center

At Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, we have your OB/GYN needs covered with our stellar staff of highly trained professionals. In addition to our physicians, we have an OB/GYN professional who is trained in the certified nurse-midwifery practice. So what is a certified nurse-midwife? What kind of training does she have? Here is how a nurse-midwife can be of service to you. What Certified Nurse-Midwives Do Much like an OB or a doctor, a certified nurse-midwife provides care after, during, or before pregnancy. A certified nurse-midwife will: - Perform gynecologic exams. - Offer preconception and planning care. - Order tests and prenatal exams. - Keep tabs on your psychological and physical health. - Assist birth plans. - Advise regarding meds, exercise, diet, and staying healthy. - Counsel and educate regarding newborn care, childbirth, and pregnancy. - Give practical and emotional support in the event of labor. - Discharge and admit you to the hospital. - Baby delivery. - Set up

Gastroenterology is known as the branch of medicine that is primarily focused on digestive disorders and the digestive system. What Gastroenterology Focuses On Gastroenterology focuses on the diseases that affect one's gastrointestinal tract. That's right, all organs from the mouth to the anus (and all along the alimentary canal) are the primary focus of this specialty. Physicians who work in this practice are called gastroenterologists. To become a gastroenterologist, one must have at least eight years of medical and pre-medical education, an internship for one year, an internal medicine residency for at least 3 years, and a gastroenterology fellowship for another three. Gastroenterologists over a decade learning about the human body before they can be involved in such a practice. What Gastroenterologists Do Gastroenterologists perform a wide variety of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Such procedures include: - Liver biopsy - Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) - Endoscopic ret