The Role of Primary Care in Women's Health With Laurence Shields, MD

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The two areas where primary care physicians can contribute to improving women's health, according to Laurence Shields, MD.

What is the role of primary care in women's health?

Laurence Shields, MD, said there are two main ways primary care physicians can help their women patients, according to an interview with Patient Care at the 2025 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting, May 16-18, 2025, in Minneapolis, MN.

Shields is System Physician Vice President at the Women and Infants Clinical Institute with CommonSpirit Health in Santa Maria, California. Shields will be presenting late-breaking research on May 16, and we'll have full coverage of those results once they are released.

Check out all of our ACOG 2025 coverage.

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