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Kris Strohbehn

Kris Strohbehn

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; vice chair of gynecology and division director of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center1
  • Medical school University of Vermont1
  • Residency Obstetrics and gynecology, University of California San Francisco1
  • Fellowship Urogynecology, University of Michigan1
  • Leadership Immediate past president, Society of Gynecologic Surgeons2

Known for​

  • MRI correlation of levator ani anatomy (1996). Strohbehn led a cadaver MRI and dissection study defining visible levator ani anatomy for pelvic floor research.3
  • Multicenter evaluation of a collapsible prolapse pessary (2024). Strohbehn led a seven-center study comparing a collapsible pessary with participants' usual pessaries over three months.4

Contributions​

Strohbehn's cited studies address the female urethra in stress urinary incontinence: one compares magnetic resonance images with histology, and the other reports an autologous midurethral sling case series.56

Cited on WARWIKI

2 publications with Kris Strohbehn 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. Shaw JS, Gerjevic KA, Pollack C, Strohbehn K. Minimally Invasive Autologous Fascia Sling at the Midurethra: A Case Series. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2022;29(10):1165-1169. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Fascia Lata · Autologous Fascial Pubovaginal Sling (PVS)
  2. Strohbehn K, Quint LE, Prince MR, Wojno KJ, DeLancey JO. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anatomy of the Female Urethra: A Direct Histologic Comparison." Obstet Gynecol. 1996;88(5):750–756. doi
    Cited on: Female Urethra

Footnotes​

  1. Kris Strohbehn, MD, FACS, FACOG. Dartmouth Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Leadership. Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. STROHBEHN K, ELUS J, STROHBEHN J, et al. "Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator ani with anatomic correlation." Obstetrics & Gynecology. 1996;87(2):277–285. doi:10.1016/0029-7844(95)00410-6 ↩

  4. Strohbehn K, Wadensweiler PM, Richter HE, et al. "Effectiveness and safety of a novel, collapsible pessary for management of pelvic organ prolapse." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2024;231(2):271.e1–271.e10. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2024.05.009 ↩

  5. Shaw JS, Gerjevic KA, Pollack C, Strohbehn K. Minimally Invasive Autologous Fascia Sling at the Midurethra: A Case Series. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2022;29(10):1165-1169. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2022.07.001 ↩

  6. Strohbehn K, Quint LE, Prince MR, Wojno KJ, DeLancey JO. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anatomy of the Female Urethra: A Direct Histologic Comparison." Obstet Gynecol. 1996;88(5):750–756. doi:10.1016/0029-7844(96)00323-7 ↩