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CURRICULUM VITAE

Prerna R. Pandya MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Urogynecology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Email: ppandya@mcw.edu

EDUCATION:
08/01/2004 - 06/30/2008 BA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
08/01/2008 - 06/30/2009 MS, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
08/01/2009 - 06/30/2013 MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2013 - 06/30/2017 Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2020 Fellowship, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
11/13/2023 - Present Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2024 - Present Global Health Liaison, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2025 - Present OBGYN Clerkship Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Wisconsin

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Obstetrics and Gynecology
11/12/2018
None
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
04/21/2023
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Wisconsin Medical License
72958-20
2020
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
06/30/2014 Resident Teaching Award, Loyola University School of Medicine
06/30/2017 Resident Teaching Award, Loyola University School of Medicine

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
06/30/2013 - Present Gold Humanism Honor Society (Member)
07/01/2017 - Present American Urogynecologic Society (Member)
12/01/2018 - Present The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
09/01/2024 - Present Urogynecology, Official Journal of the American Urogynecologic Society, Journal reviews completed with mentorship through the Urogynecology Early Career Peer Review Academy

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
09/01/2024 - Present American Urogynecologic Society Continuing Medical Education Committee

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Prerna Pandya, MD, Mullerian Anomalies, Virtual Resident Didactics at Kibagabaga Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kigali, Rwanda, 06/10/2020
 
National
Prerna Pandya, MD, Obstetric Fistula, University of California Davis School of Medicine Global Health Scholarly Concentration Virtual Lecture, Sacramento, California, 08/08/2024
 
Local
Prerna Pandya, MD, Suffering in Silence: Obstetric Fistula, Loyola University Department of OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Maywood, IL, 03/01/2017
Prerna Pandya, MD, Urogynecology Morbidity & Mortality Conference, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of GYN/OB Grand Rounds, Baltimore, MD, 09/06/2018
Prerna Pandya, MD, Urogynecology Morbidty & Mortality Conference, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of GYN/OB Grand Rounds, Baltimore, MD, 12/20/2018
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
P.R.Pandya, R.B.Docken, N.O.Sonn, D.P.Matthew, J.Sung, A.Tsambarlis, P.White, L.Yang, Randomized Trial of a Patient Education Tool About Leiomyoma (PETAL Study), Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 03/30/2019 - 04/03/2019
 
Regional
Pandya, Prerna R; Yanek, Lisa; Lovejoy, David; Muniz, Keila; Chen, Chi Chiung Grace; Blomquist, Joan L; Jacobs, Stephanie; Moss, Chailee; Powell, Anna; Handa, Victoria L, Evaluating the Impact of Anxiety on Postoperative Pain in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Virtual Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Day, Duke University, Durham, NC, 04/24/2020
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Hospital
02/01/2024 - Present Committee Member, ACT Value Committee, Froedtert Hospital
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
05/15/2024 M4 OB/GYN Bootcamp
10/01/2024 - 12/31/2024 Medical Student (M2) Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Facilitator for 4 half day sessions
 
Resident and Fellow Education
03/06/2024 OBGYN Resident Cystoscopy Lab
05/06/2024 OBGYN Resident Journal Club
08/14/2024 Urogynecology Division OBGYN Residency Didactics
09/18/2024 Urogynecology Anatomy Lab
11/20/2024 OBGYN Residency Didactics - Fecal Incontinence Practice Bulletin Review
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
09/2017 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Teaching instructor for Female Pelvic Anatomy Dissection for 1st year medical students
12/2017 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Teaching instructor for medical students for Women’s Health Interest Group “What Does an Ob/Gyn Do?”
09/2018 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Teaching instructor for Female Pelvic Anatomy: Clinical Correlations for 1st year medical student Human Anatomy course
02/01/2020 - 02/29/2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, I was the lead instructor for medical student Transition To Wards curriculum
05/01/2020 - 05/30/2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Designed elective for MSII-IV: Virtual Patient Interactivity: Patient Case-Based Education in Urogynecology – as a part of this elective, I worked with Urogynecology faculty and co-fellows to develop interactive virtual cases for patients with urogynecologic conditions
 
Community/Lay Public
07/2017 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MERIT Health Leadership Academy, Surgical Simulation for high school students
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
03/12/2010 - 03/18/2010 Alternative Spring Break Trip to Honduras, which aims to provide primary care services to patients in rural Honduras
06/01/2010 - 08/01/2010 As an Intern in the Department for Making Pregnancy Safer at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland under the mentorship of Dr. Matthews Mathai, I worked on several maternal mortality initiatives, including an international training program for midwives and updating the WHO postpartum hemorrhage guidelines.
03/10/2011 - 03/16/2011 Co-chair of the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Honduras, which aims to provide primary care services to patients in rural Honduras
03/18/2013 - 05/06/2013 I traveled to Zambia as a Senior Medical Student with the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia and worked primarily with Dr. Michael Breen to provide OB/GYN care at the Monze Mission Hospital and also evaluate patients suffering from obstetric fistula to provide fistula repair.
04/01/2017 - 04/30/2017 As a senior resident on the global health pathway, I traveled to Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, to provide OB/GYN care for Guyanese women and provide medical education for the Guyanese OB/GYN residents and medical students, including lectures on core OB/GYN topics, anatomy, and teaching ultrasound skills.
10/10/2019 - 10/25/2019 As a Senior Urogynecology fellow, I traveled to Kibagabaga Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda with the International Organization for Women and Development Fistula Mission. As a part of this experience, I performed evaluation and management of complex genitourinary fistulae under the guidance of senior faculty members and led several educational sessions for the Rwandan OB/GYN residents.
 

CERTIFICATES:
06/01/2010 - 08/05/2010 Program on Global Policy and Governance – Humanitarian Assistance and Human Rights, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Geneva, Switzerland
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Resident Global Health Scholar
06/01/2019 - 08/01/2019 Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Moss C, Brookhart C, Pandya P, Borahay MA, Mann M, Handa V, Powell AM. Satisfaction with opioid prescription and use after minor gynaecologic surgery: a pilot prospective study. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2023 Dec;43(1):2171773.
2. Kikuchi JY, Le Neveu M, Arnold S, Offnick A, Muñiz KS, Pandya P, Feroz R, Long JB, Ledebur LR, Patterson D, Chen CCG. Creation and Implementation of Virtual Urogynecology Patient Cases for Medical Student Education. MedEdPORTAL. 2022;18:11259. PMCID: PMC9135914
3. Gupta AP, Pandya PR, Nguyen ML, Fashokun T, Macura KJ. Use of Dynamic MRI of the Pelvic Floor in the Assessment of Anterior Compartment Disorders. Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Nov 13;19(12):112.
4. Lovejoy DA, Roem JL, Blomquist JL, Pandya PR, Handa VL. Breastfeeding and pelvic floor disorders one to two decades after vaginal delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Oct;221(4):333.e1-333.e8. PMCID: PMC6766415
5. Pandya PR, Docken RB, Sonn NO, Matthew DP, Sung J, Tsambarlis A, White P, Yang LC. Randomized trial of a patient education tool about leiomyoma. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 Aug;103(8):1568-1573.
6. Muñiz KS, Cedeño K, Carson KA, Pandya PR, Kikuchi J, Patterson D, Blomquist J, Jacobs S, Chi Chiung GC. Validation of a Spanish Version of the Prolapse and Incontinence Knowledge Questionnaire. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2021 Nov 01;27(11):701-705. PMCID: PMC8550994
7. Muñiz KS, Wainger J, Diaz S, Mgboji GE, Yanek LR, Pandya PR, Kikuchi JY, Patterson D, Chen CCG, Blomquist J, Jacobs S, Handa VL. Obstructed defecation syndrome in the first week after pelvic reconstructive surgery. Int Urogynecol J. 2022 Nov;33(11):2985-2992.
8. Moss C, Pandya PR, Yanek L, Lovejoy D, Muñiz K, Chen CCG, Blomquist J, Jacobs S, Powell A, Handa VL, Patterson D. The impact of anxiety on postoperative pain following pelvic reconstructive surgery. Int Urogynecol J. 2023 Jul;34(7):1551-1557.
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Pandya, P.R., Chen, C.C.G.. (2020). Urinary Incontinence. B. Chou, J. Bienstock, A. Satin (Ed.). The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics (6th edition, pg 581-589). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer