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Pamela S. Fairchild

🇺🇸 United States🏥 University of MichiganMD

Training and career​

  • Current position Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor12
  • Medical school University of North Carolina (2009)1
  • Residency Obstetrics and gynecology, University of New Mexico (2013)1
  • Fellowship Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, University of Michigan (2016)1
  • Fellows trained Program director, University of Michigan Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship2

Contributions​

Her research covers recovery of pelvic floor function after childbirth, pelvic floor injury from childbirth, and surgical education.1 She coauthored the Fundamentals of Vaginal Surgery pilot study, which developed and validated a simulation system and proficiency score for basic vaginal surgical skills.3

  • Colpopexy and colporrhaphy at hysterectomy for prolapse (2016). Led a Michigan statewide database study of 1557 hysterectomies with prolapse as an indication; 43.1% were hysterectomy alone and 24.1% included a colpopexy, which was more likely when the surgeon specialized in urogynecology (odds ratio 8.2).4 Cited on WARWIKI: Anterior Colporrhaphy.
  • Normal pelvic floor recovery after high-risk vaginal birth (2020). Led a prospective cohort of 82 women after vaginal births with risk factors for pelvic floor injury and 30 after cesarean; using posterior wall support, Kegel force and levator ani tear on imaging, 46.4% met criteria for pelvic floor injury at 6 weeks and 29.6% at 6 months.5
  • Surgery in a postpartum pelvic floor clinic (2020). Coauthored a review of 1138 patients seen in the Michigan Healthy Healing After Delivery clinic; 9.1% had surgery, most often anal sphincteroplasty, perineal laceration revision or rectovaginal fistula repair.6 Cited on WARWIKI: Obstetric Perineal Lacerations.

Cited on WARWIKI

1 publication with Pamela S. Fairchild as a listed author is cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Fairchild PS, Kamdar NS, Berger MB, Morgan DM. "Rates of Colpopexy and Colporrhaphy at the Time of Hysterectomy for Prolapse." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016;214(2):262.e1-262.e7. doi
    Cited on: Anterior Colporrhaphy

Footnotes​

  1. Pamela Susan Fairchild, MD. University of Michigan Health (archived March 28, 2026). Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. URPS Fellowship Program Application Information (2026). American Urogynecologic Society. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Schmidt PC, Fairchild PS, Fenner DE, Rooney DM. "The Fundamentals of Vaginal Surgery pilot study: developing, validating, and setting proficiency scores for a vaginal surgical skills simulation system." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021;225(5):558.e1–558.e11. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.037 ↩

  4. Fairchild PS, Kamdar NS, Berger MB, Morgan DM. "Rates of colpopexy and colporrhaphy at the time of hysterectomy for prolapse." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016;214(2):262.e1–262.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2015.08.053 ↩

  5. Fairchild PS, Low LK, Kowalk KM, Kolenic GE, DeLancey JO, Fenner DE. "Defining 'normal recovery' of pelvic floor function and appearance in a high-risk vaginal delivery cohort." Int Urogynecol J. 2020;31(3):495–504. doi:10.1007/s00192-019-04152-z ↩

  6. Jibrel F, Cox CK, Fairchild PS, Fenner DE, Suresh S, Swenson CW. "Indications for surgical intervention in a postpartum pelvic floor specialty clinic." Int Urogynecol J. 2020;31(11):2233–2236. doi:10.1007/s00192-020-04419-w ↩