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Victoria Handa

🏥 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Mentored by · fellowship 1995
Donald Ostergard

Biography​

Victoria L. Handa is professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns Hopkins and directs the department at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.1 She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of California, San Francisco.1 She completed a urogynecology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine, and directs the Women's Center for Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery.1

Contributions​

Her cited work examines pelvic floor disorders after childbirth, posterior prolapse and defecatory symptoms, sexual function, and prolapse repair. Two cited studies address vaginal complications after cystectomy.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

7 publications with Victoria Handa as a listed author are 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. Blomquist JL, Muñoz A, Carroll M, Handa VL. Association of delivery mode with pelvic floor disorders after childbirth. JAMA. 2018;320(23):2438–2447. doi
    Cited on: Obstetric Perineal & Vaginal Lacerations · Perineorrhaphy
  2. Kikuchi JY, Yanek LR, Handa VL, et al. Prolapse and mesh reoperations following sacrocolpopexy: comparing supracervical hysterectomy, total hysterectomy, and no hysterectomy. Int Urogynecol J. 2023;34(1):135-145. doi
    Cited on: Supracervical Hysterectomy at Sacrocolpopexy
  3. Richter LA, Osazuwa-Peters OL, Routh JC, Handa VL. Vaginal complications after cystectomy: results from a Medicare sample. J Urol. 2022;207(4):789-796. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Urinary Diversion
  4. Kikuchi JY, Muñiz KS, Handa VL. "Surgical Repair of the Genital Hiatus: A Narrative Review." Int Urogynecol J. 2021;32(8):2111-2117. doi
    Cited on: Perineorrhaphy
  5. Richter LA, Egan J, Alagha EC, Handa VL. Vaginal complications after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review. Urology. 2021;156:e20-e29. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Urinary Diversion
  6. Handa VL, Munoz A, Blomquist JL. "Temporal Relationship Between Posterior Vaginal Prolapse and Defecatory Symptoms." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;216(4):390.e1-390.e6. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Compartment Prolapse
  7. Handa VL, Cundiff G, Chang HH, Helzlsouer KJ. "Female Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor Disorders." Obstet Gynecol. 2008;111(5):1045-1052. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Compartment Prolapse

Footnotes​

  1. Dr. Victoria L. Handa, MD, MHS. Gynecology, Urogynecology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Blomquist JL, Muñoz A, Carroll M, Handa VL. Association of delivery mode with pelvic floor disorders after childbirth. JAMA. 2018;320(23):2438–2447. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.18315 ↩

  3. Handa VL, Munoz A, Blomquist JL. "Temporal Relationship Between Posterior Vaginal Prolapse and Defecatory Symptoms." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;216(4):390.e1-390.e6. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2016.10.021 ↩

  4. Handa VL, Cundiff G, Chang HH, Helzlsouer KJ. "Female Sexual Function and Pelvic Floor Disorders." Obstet Gynecol. 2008;111(5):1045-1052. doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e31816bbe85 ↩

  5. Richter LA, Osazuwa-Peters OL, Routh JC, Handa VL. Vaginal complications after cystectomy: results from a Medicare sample. J Urol. 2022;207(4):789-796. doi:10.1097/ju.0000000000002336 ↩

  6. Richter LA, Egan J, Alagha EC, Handa VL. Vaginal complications after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review. Urology. 2021;156:e20-e29. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.07.001 ↩