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Danielle D. Antosh

Danielle D. Antosh

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Houston Methodist HospitalMD

Training and career​

  • Current position Director, Houston Methodist Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine; associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College (Weill Cornell appointment from 2021)12
  • Medical school University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2005)1
  • Residency Obstetrics and gynecology, University of California, Los Angeles (2009)1
  • Fellowship Urogynecology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University, Washington, DC (2012)1
  • Leadership Division director, urogynecology, Houston Methodist Hospital3
  • Fellows trained Core faculty, Houston Methodist Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship3

Contributions​

Her research covers sexual function after prolapse surgery, uterine preservation at prolapse repair, and complications of sacrocolpopexy. She was second author of a systematic review with clinical practice guidelines comparing uterine preservation with hysterectomy at prolapse surgery.4

  • Vaginal dilators after posterior colporrhaphy (2013). Led a randomized trial in 60 sexually active women; daily dilator use from weeks 4 to 8 did not change de novo dyspareunia rates, overall sexual function or global improvement scores at 3 and 6 months.5 Cited on WARWIKI: Posterior Colporrhaphy.
  • Sexual activity and function after prolapse surgery (2020). Led a systematic review of 67 studies in which sexual function improved or was unchanged after every type of reconstructive prolapse surgery, and de novo dyspareunia ranged from 0% to 9% outside posterior repair.6 Cited on WARWIKI: Posterior Compartment Prolapse.
  • Lumbosacral discitis after sacrocolpopexy (2024). Reported 3 cases and reviewed 30 published cases; the complication followed abdominal, laparoscopic and robotic sacrocolpopexy, and most patients needed mesh excision together with prolonged intravenous antibiotics.7 Cited on WARWIKI: Sacrocolpopexy, Sacrocolpopexy Tacker.

Cited on WARWIKI

7 publications with Danielle D. Antosh 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. Meriwether KV, Antosh DD, Olivera CK, et al. Uterine preservation vs hysterectomy in pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis and clinical practice guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(2):129-146.e2. doi
    Cited on: Sacrohysteropexy · Sacrospinous Hysteropexy · Uterosacral Ligament Suspension (USLS)
  2. Antosh DD. "Lumbosacral discitis and osteomyelitis after sacrocolpopexy: a case series and review of management." Int Urogynecol J. 2024;35(12):2243–54. doi
    Cited on: Sacrocolpopexy Tacker · Sacrocolpopexy
  3. Antosh DD, McSpedden H. "Sexual Function Following Surgical Approaches for Pelvic Organ Prolapse." J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2026;33(1):74-80. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Compartment Prolapse
  4. Antosh DD, Megahed NN. "Sexual Function After Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery." Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2021;48(3):639-651. doi
    Cited on: Perineorrhaphy
  5. Kim-Fine S, Antosh DD, Balk EM, et al. Relationship of postoperative vaginal anatomy and sexual function: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Int Urogynecol J. 2021;32(8):2125–2134. doi
    Cited on: Transvaginal Latzko Repair (Partial Colpocleisis)
  6. Antosh DD, Kim-Fine S, Meriwether KV, et al. "Changes in Sexual Activity and Function After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Systematic Review." Obstet Gynecol. 2020;136(5):922-931. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Compartment Prolapse
  7. Antosh DD, Gutman RE, Park AJ, et al. Vaginal dilators for prevention of dyspareunia after prolapse surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2013;121(6):1273-1280. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Colporrhaphy

Footnotes​

  1. Danielle Antosh, MD. Houston Methodist. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Danielle Antosh. Houston Methodist Scholars. Accessed October 2026. ↩

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

  4. Meriwether KV, Antosh DD, Olivera CK, et al. "Uterine preservation vs hysterectomy in pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis and clinical practice guidelines." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(2):129–146.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.01.018 ↩

  5. Antosh DD, Gutman RE, Park AJ, et al. "Vaginal dilators for prevention of dyspareunia after prolapse surgery: a randomized controlled trial." Obstet Gynecol. 2013;121(6):1273–1280. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182932ce2 ↩

  6. Antosh DD, Kim-Fine S, Meriwether KV, et al. "Changes in sexual activity and function after pelvic organ prolapse surgery: a systematic review." Obstet Gynecol. 2020;136(5):922–931. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000004125 ↩

  7. Antosh DD. "Lumbosacral discitis and osteomyelitis after sacrocolpopexy: a case series and review of management." Int Urogynecol J. 2024;35(12):2243–2254. doi:10.1007/s00192-024-05897-y ↩