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RN

Rachel N. Pauls

🇺🇸 United States🏥 TriHealth (Cincinnati)MD
Mentored by · fellowship 2006
Mickey Karram

Training and career​

  • Current position Urogynecologist, Cincinnati Urogynecology Associates, and urogynecology faculty, TriHealth Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Cincinnati; on the TriHealth obstetrics and gynecology faculty since 200612
  • Medical school University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (1998)1
  • Residency Obstetrics and gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis1
  • Fellowship Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati1
  • Fellows trained Former program director, TriHealth Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship12

Contributions​

Her research covers sexual function in women with pelvic floor disorders and randomized trials of perioperative analgesia in urogynecologic surgery. She has served as an associate editor of Sexual Medicine and received the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Mentor of the Year award in 2012.1

  • Liposomal bupivacaine at robotic sacrocolpopexy (2018). Senior author of a placebo-controlled trial in 70 women undergoing robotic sacrocolpopexy with posterior repair; pain scores 18 hours after surgery and narcotic use did not differ between liposomal bupivacaine and saline.3 Cited on WARWIKI: Liposomal Bupivacaine.
  • Sexual health terminology in pelvic floor dysfunction (2018). Second author of the joint International Urogynecological Association and International Continence Society report, which set out more than 100 consensus definitions for assessing sexual health in women with pelvic floor dysfunction.4 Cited on WARWIKI: Female Sexual Dysfunction.
  • Benign vulvar and vaginal cysts (2021). Senior author of a review of the epidemiology, embryology, presentation and management of vulvovaginal cysts, noting that most are benign and asymptomatic and that excision, when needed, has a high success rate.5 Cited on WARWIKI: Vaginal Cysts and Masses.

Cited on WARWIKI

7 publications with Rachel N. Pauls 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. Ray MM, Crisp CC, Pauls RN, et al. "Use of a vessel sealer for hysterectomy at time of prolapse repair: a randomized clinical trial." Urogynecology (Phila). 2025;31(3):234-242. doi
    Cited on: LigaSure
  2. Aldrich ER, Pauls RN. "Benign cysts of the vulva and vagina: a comprehensive review for the gynecologic surgeon." Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2021;76(2):101–107. doi
    Cited on: Vaginal Cysts and Masses
  3. Rogers RG, Pauls RN, Thakar R, et al. "An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for the assessment of sexual health of women with pelvic floor dysfunction." Neurourol Urodyn. 2018;37(4):1220–1240. doi
    Cited on: Female Sexual Dysfunction
  4. Yeung J, Crisp CC, Mazloomdoost D, Kleeman SD, Pauls RN. "Liposomal Bupivacaine During Robotic Colpopexy and Posterior Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial." Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(1):39–46. doi
    Cited on: Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel)
  5. Constantine ML, Pauls RN, Rogers RR, Rockwood TH. "Validation of a single summary score for the Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire-IUGA revised (PISQ-IR)." Int Urogynecol J. 2017;28(12):1901–1907. doi
    Cited on: Assessment Tools & Questionnaires
  6. Mazloomdoost D, Pauls RN, Hennen EN, et al. "Liposomal bupivacaine decreases pain following retropubic sling placement: a randomized placebo-controlled trial." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;217(5):598.e1–598.e11. doi
    Cited on: Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel)
  7. Yeung J, Pauls RN. "Anatomy of the Vulva and the Female Sexual Response." Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2016;43(1):27–44. doi
    Cited on: The Vulva

Footnotes​

  1. Rachel N. Pauls, MD. TriHealth (archived March 9, 2026). Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. Faculty. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, TriHealth. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Yeung J, Crisp CC, Mazloomdoost D, Kleeman SD, Pauls RN. "Liposomal bupivacaine during robotic colpopexy and posterior repair: a randomized controlled trial." Obstet Gynecol. 2018;131(1):39–46. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000002375 ↩

  4. Rogers RG, Pauls RN, Thakar R, et al. "An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for the assessment of sexual health of women with pelvic floor dysfunction." Neurourol Urodyn. 2018;37(4):1220–1240. doi:10.1002/nau.23508 ↩

  5. Aldrich ER, Pauls RN. "Benign cysts of the vulva and vagina: a comprehensive review for the gynecologic surgeon." Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2021;76(2):101–107. doi:10.1097/OGX.0000000000000858 ↩