Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD, FACOG

Director, Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Professor, Departments of OB-GYN and Urology

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Washington, DC

Dr. Cheryl B. Iglesia, professor in the departments of OB-GYN and urology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, is a double-board certified obstetrician/gynecologist and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery specialist. Since 1999, Dr. Iglesia has been the inaugural dDirector of the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center/MedStar National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery (NCAPS) and is the founding director of the MedStar/Georgetown accredited FPMRS fellowship program.

Dr. Iglesia is nationally and internationally recognized for advancing surgical techniques in reconstructive pelvic surgery. Among her many roles, Dr. Iglesia is the current chair of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN) Advisory Board at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and is a past chair of both the Committee for Gynecologic Practice at the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the ACOG Patient Education Board. She has served as program chair for the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) and the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and has also served on the AUGS Board of Directors. Currently, she is on the Executive Board of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Dr. Iglesia has been an appointed special governmental employee for the OB-GYN Devices Panel at the US FDA since 2011.

Dr. Iglesia has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has edited textbooks and high-impact practice guidelines. She is the recipient of many teaching awards and invited visiting professorships but is most proud of the dozens of fellows, residents and students she has mentored and trained over the past 20 years.