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Kristi A Tough DeSapri, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Comprehensive Bone Center, University of Chicago Medicine Women's Care

Kristi A Tough DeSapri, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, North American Menopause Society

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Michel E Rivlin, MD Former Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Michel E Rivlin, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, Mississippi State Medical Association, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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E L Kristiina Parviainen, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

E L Kristiina Parviainen, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Society for Reproductive Investigation, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Nancy D Gaba, MD, FACOG Oscar I and Mildred S Dodek and Joan B and Oscar I Dodek, Jr, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Nancy D Gaba, MD, FACOG is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Society of the District of Columbia

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