- Dr. Joseph C Portera, MD
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Dr. Joseph C Portera, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Tennessee, Chattanooga
Overview
Dr. Joseph C Portera, MD works in Chattanooga, Tennessee is a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology and graduated Albany Medical College in 1991. Dr. Portera is affiliated with Memorial Healthcare System and practicing for 32 years
Specialties
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
Conditions
• Adult Allergy• Broken Hand
• Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic
• Craniosynostosis, Autosomal Dominant
• Diagnostic Endoscopy
• Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
• Femur Fracture
• Food Allergy - Carp
• Food Allergy - Castor Bean
• Food Allergy - Fruit
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• Food Allergy - Garlic
• FotoFinder® Melanoma Detection
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Polygonum Multiflorum
• Homosexual Issues
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Joint Implant
• Joint Replacement, Robotic-Assisted
• Keratoconus Treatment With Contact Lenses
• Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
• Lumbar Spine Surgery
• Meningomyelocele
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Ophthalmitis
• Postpartum Eclampsia
• Primary Congenital Glaucoma
• Runny Nose
• Rupture of Ulnar Collateral Ligament of Thumb
• Sees Haloes Around Lights
• Spleen Neoplasm
• Spondylosis Cervical Without Myelopathy
• Stenting, Intracranial Vessels
• Transitional Cell Cancer
• Watering Eyes
• Yellow Nails
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Procedures
• Asymptomatic Post-Menopausal Status• Atrophic Vaginitis
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cervical Cancer
• Cervical Polyps
• Cervicitis
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Colpopexy
• Colporrhaphy
• Colposcopy
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• Destruction or Excision of Lesion of Cervix (incl. LEEP)
• Destruction or Excision of Vaginal Lesions
• Dilation and Curettage
• Endocervical Curettage
• Endometriosis
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Gonorrhea Infections
• Gynecologic Cancer Screening
• Hemorrhoids
• Hyperlipidemia
• Hypertension
• Hysterectomy - Laparoscopic
• Hysterectomy - Open
• Hysteroscopy
• Incontinence Sling Procedure
• Mastodynia
• Menstrual Disorders (incl. Dysmenorrhea)
• Osteopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Ovarian Cancer
• Ovarian Cysts
• Pap Smear Abnormalities
• Pelvic Surgery
• Perimenopause
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Rectovaginal Fistula
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Repair of Anal and Rectal Defects (Anoplasty, Repair of Imperforate Anus, Sphincteroplasty, Rectal Graft)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• Symptomatic Menopause
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urinary-Genital Tract Fistula, Female
• Uterine Cancer
• Uterine Fibroids
• Uterine Prolapse
• Vaginal and Pelvic Prolapse
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vaginal Prolapse
• Vaginectomy
• Vaginitis and-or Vaginosis
• Vulvar Cancer
• Vulvectomy
• Yeast Infections
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Years Since Graduation
- 32
State License
- Tennessee
Education & Training
Medical School
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY, United States
Graduated: 1991
Albany, NY, United States
Graduated: 1991
Fellowship Hospital
University of Tennessee
Graduated: 1991
Graduated: 1991
Residency Hospital
University Tenn
Memphis, TN, USA
Graduated: 1991
Memphis, TN, USA
Graduated: 1991
Awards
1 ACOG
2 AMA
3 American Urogynec Society
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The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
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Office Locations
Primary location
Women's Institute/Specialized
605 Glenwood Drive Suite 105
Tennessee (TN)
Chattanooga
37404
Phone:(423) 495-3300
Other Office Locations
Womens Institute Speializd Health
721 Glenwood Drive Suite 556
Tennessee (TN)
Chattanooga
37404
Phone:(423) 697-7447
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
Women's Institute/Specialized, 605 Glenwood Drive Suite 105, Chattanooga, Tennessee (TN), 37404
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Network S
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- POMCO Group
- Principal Life
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Memorial Healthcare System
2525 De Sales Avenue
Tennessee TN,
Chattanooga,
37404
Memorial Healthcare System is a non-profit hospital located in Chattanooga, TN. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 13 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 14 procedures.
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