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Paul Riss

Paul Riss

🇦🇹 Austriad. 2026

Training and career​

  • Died 3 March 20261
  • Former position Senior professor of urogynecology, Medical University of Vienna2
  • Other training Doctorate, University of Vienna (1974)3
  • Other training Obstetrics and gynecology, Vienna's first and second university women's clinics3
  • Leadership President, International Urogynecological Association (2005–2006)2
  • Leadership Co-editor, International Urogynecology Journal, with Peter Dwyer (2011–2017)2

Known for​

  • IUGA urogynecology training guidelines (2002). Coauthored IUGA training standards for urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery.4
  • Graphical representation of POP-Q. Developed a graphical aid for teaching pelvic organ prolapse quantification measurements.5 Cited on WARWIKI: Apical Prolapse.

Footnotes​

  1. In Loving Memory of Paul Riss. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. In Loving Memory of Paul Riss. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Paul Riss AUB. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  4. Committee IE. "IUGA Guidelines for Training in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS)." International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. 2002;13(6):386–395. doi:10.1007/s001920200086 ↩

  5. Riss P, Koch M. "Evaluation of Pelvic Organ Prolapse." 2014:107–114. doi:10.1007/978-81-322-1692-6_12 ↩