Victoria L. Handa, MD, MHS

Professional Titles

• Director, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• Director, Women’s Center for Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Background

Centers and Institutes

Women's Center for Pelvic Health

Find a Clinical Trial

Videos

• Meet Our Experts - Dr. Victoria Handa

• #TomorrowsDiscoveries: Pelvic Floor and Women‚Äôs Health - Dr. Victoria Handa

• Innovation, Education, Collaboration

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• The Scary Truth About Childbirth, Mother Jones (01/2017)
• Victoria Handa Named Director of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Press release (09/2015)
• A Woman's Guide to Better Bladder and Bowel Control, Recorded online seminar (02/2015)

Research Interests

Clinical trials in the management of pelvic floor disorders, Epidemiology of pelvic floor disorders, Quality of life for women with pelvic floor disorders

PubMed - Publications

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%28Handa%2C%20Victoria[Author]%29%20OR%20Handa%2C%20Victoria%20L[Author]

Selected Publications

• Evers EC, McDermott KC, Blomquist JL, Handa VL. Mode of delivery and subsequent fertility. Hum Reprod. 2014; 29:2569-74.

  Handa VL, Pierce CB, Muñoz A, Blomquist JL. Longitudinal changes in overactive bladder and stress incontinence among parous women. Neurourol Urodyn, 2014 Mar 14. doi: 10.1002/nau.22583.

  Blomquist JL, McDermott K, Handa VL. Pelvic Pain and mode of delivery. Am J Ob Gyn, 2014; 210:423.e1-6.

  Knoepp LR, McDermott KC, Muñoz A, Blomquist JL, Handa VL. Joint hypermobility, obstetrical outcomes, and pelvic floor disorders. Int Urogynecol J. 2013;24:735-40.

  Brown K, Handa VL, Macura KJ, DeLeon VB. Three-dimensional shape differences in the bony pelvis of women with Pelvic Floor Disorders. Int Urogynecol J. 2013;24(3):431-9.

  Friedman S, Blomquist JL, Nugent JM, McDermott KC, Muñoz A, Handa VL. Pelvic muscle strength after childbirth, Obstet Gynecol, 2012;120(5):1021-8.

  Britz SE, McDermott KC, Pierce CB, Blomquist JL, Handa VL. Changes in maternal weight 5-10 years after a first delivery. Womens Health (Lond Engl). 2012 Sep;8(5):513-9.

  Evers EC, Blomquist JL, McDermott KC, Handa VL. Obstetrical anal sphincter laceration and anal incontinence 5-10 years after delivery. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;207(5):425.e1-6.

  Pierce CB, Hallock JL, Blomquist JL, Handa VL. Longitudinal changes in pelvic organ support among parous women. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2012;18(4):227-32.

  Handa VL, Blomquist JL, McDermott KC, Friedman S, Muñoz A. Pelvic floor disorders after childbirth: effect of episiotomy, perineal laceration and operative birth. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;119:233-9

  Handa VL, Blomquist JL, Knoepp LR, Hoskey KA, McDermott KC, Muñoz A. Pelvic floor disorders 5-10 years after vaginal or cesarean childbirth. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;118(4):777-84.

  Shippey SH, Chen TL, Chou B, Knoepp LR, Bowen CW, Handa VL. Teaching subcuticular suturing to medical students: video versus expert instructor feedback. J Surg Educ. 2011 Sep-Oct;68(5):397-402.

  Sutherland T, Pierce C, Blomquist J. Handa VL. Breastfeeding practices among first-time mothers and across multiple pregnancies. Matern Child Health J. 2012;16:1665-71.

  Quiroz LH, Blomquist JL, Macmillan D, McCullough A, Handa VL. Maternal goals for childbirth associated with planned vaginal and planned cesarean birth. Am J Perinatol. 2011 Oct;28(9):695-702.

  Blomquist JL, Quiroz LH, Macmillan D, McCullough A, Handa VL. Mothers’ satisfaction with planned vaginal and planned cesarean birth. Am J Perinatol. 2011;28:383-8.

  Handa VL, Whitcomb E, Weidner AC, Nygaard I, Brubaker L, Bradley CS, Paraiso MFR, Schaffer J, Zyczynski HM, Zhang M, Richter HE, for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network. Sexual function before and after non-surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2011; 17: 30-35.

  Grimes CL, Quiroz LH, Gutman RE, Shippey S, Cundiff GW, Handa VL. Long-term Impact of Abdominal Sacral Colpoperineopexy on Symptoms of Obstructed Defecation. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. 2010; 16: 234-7.

   

  Selected Book Chapters:

  1. Tishman VL. Disorders of pelvic support. In: Brown J, Crombleholme W, eds. Handbook of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Appleton and Lange, 1993.
     
     
  2. Handa VL. Physiology and Pathophysiology of Disorders of Pelvic Support. In: Bent A, Cundiff G, Swift S, eds. Ostergard’s Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, 6th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
     
     
  3. Handa VL. Mechanisms of Disease. In: Rogers RG, Sung VW, Thakar R, Iglesia CB, eds. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas. McGraw Hill, 2013.
     
     
  4. Handa VL. Stress urinary incontinence. In: Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 11th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, in press.
     
     
  5. Handa VL. Vaginal vault prolapse. In: Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 11th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, in press.

Honors

• Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship, ohns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/14
• Pitkin Prize, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1/1/11
• Best Epidemiology Paper, American Urogynecologic Society, 1/1/11
• Delta Omega Honor Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1/1/08
• Trudy Bush Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology, 1/1/08
• President's Award, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, 1/1/07
• Best Doctors in America, 1/1/05
• Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship, ohns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/04
• Distinguished Service Award, University of California, Davis School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/01
• Richard H. Oi Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of California, Davis, 1/1/00
• CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence, Council of Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/97
• Tau Beta Pi, Princeton University School of Engineering, 10/10/82
• Kenneth Condit Prize, Princeton University School of Engineering, 1/1/82
• Sigma Xi, Princeton University School of Engineering, 1/1/82
• Phi Betta Kappa, Princeton University, 1/1/82