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Karen Nelson, MD, FACOG
Franciscan Medical Group

Karen Nelson, MD, has been privileged to provide care for women in the Puget Sound region since 1995. She is a skilled obstetrician, having delivered thousands of the region’s babies. Also an accomplished gynecologist, Dr. Nelson is among the South Sound’s most experienced surgeons in minimally invasive procedures and an early adopter of robotic surgery. She values the opportunity to interact with women in many stages of their lives.

Specialties: • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Gynecology
• Obstetrics
• Urogynecology
Hospital: • St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma
Year Began Practice:1993
Interests: • Adolescent Gynecology
• Cervical Cancer Screening
• da Vinci Robotic Surgery
• Endometrial Ablation
• Endometrial Cancer
• Endometriosis
• Female Reproductive Tract
• Gynecological Problems
• Gynecological Surgery
• Health Maintenance
• Hormone Imbalance
• Infertility
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Laser Surgery
• Lump in Breast
• Menopause
• Menorrhagia
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Natural Childbirth
• Obstetrics
• Outpatient Procedures
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pelvic Floor Surgery
• Pelvic Pain
• Pelvic Prolapse
• Robotic Surgery
• Surgery
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urogynecology
• Uterine Cancer
• Women's Health
Gender:Female
Medical School:Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Residencies:Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA


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