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Eckhard Petri

Eckhard Petri

🇩🇪 Germanyd. 2019

Training and career​

  • Died 21 September 20191
  • Medical school Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Ohio State University, Columbus2
  • Other training German state examination (1973)2
  • Other training Urology and obstetrics and gynecology, University Hospital in Mainz3
  • Leadership President, International Urogynecological Association (1991–1992)4

Known for​

  • Founding the International Urogynecological Association (1976). Participated in IUGA’s founding group and later served as its secretary-treasurer and president.5
  • IUGA/ICS pelvic floor terminology (2010). Coauthored the joint IUGA/ICS terminology report for female pelvic floor dysfunction.6 Cited on WARWIKI: Mesh Complications & Removal — POP and SUI Mesh.

Footnotes​

  1. iuga.org. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. kup.at (5874). Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Historie. AGUB. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. History & Past Presidents. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  5. iuga.org. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  6. Haylen BT, de Ridder D, Freeman RM, et al. "An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic floor dysfunction." Int Urogynecol J. 2009;21(1):5–26. doi:10.1007/s00192-009-0976-9 ↩