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Vivian W. Sung

🏥 Brown University/Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI

Biography​

Vivian W. Sung is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University and a urogynecologist at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence.1 Sung earned her medical degree at Tufts University and completed obstetrics and gynecology residency at Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh.1 Sung completed fellowships in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery and in epidemiology and clinical trials at Brown Medical School.1 Sung served as president of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons in 2016–2017.1

Contributions​

Sung's cited work covers perioperative vaginal estrogen for prolapse repair, prolapse graft use and nonoperative management, and behavioral or neuromodulation treatments for urinary and fecal incontinence.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

7 publications with Vivian W. Sung 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. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Perioperative Vaginal Estrogen as Adjunct to Native Tissue Vaginal Apical Prolapse Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA. 2023;330:615–625. doi
    Cited on: The Adnexa · The Vagina · Preoperative Hormonal Priming
  2. Zyczynski HM, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation vs Sham Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence in Women: NeurOmodulaTion for Accidental Bowel Leakage Randomized Clinical Trial." Am J Gastroenterol. 2022;117(4):654-667. doi
    Cited on: Fecal Incontinence · Neuromodulation · Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
  3. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, Pruszynski JE. "Three-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Perioperative Vaginal Estrogen as Adjunct to Native Tissue Vaginal Apical Prolapse Repair." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;231(2):263.e1–263.e10. doi
    Cited on: The Vagina · Preoperative Hormonal Priming
  4. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, Hynan LS, Pruszynski JE. "Effects of preoperative intravaginal estrogen on pelvic floor disorder symptoms in postmenopausal women with pelvic organ prolapse." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023;229(3):309.e1–309.e10. doi
    Cited on: Preoperative Hormonal Priming · Vaginal and Topical Estrogen
  5. Sung VW, Jeppson P, Madsen A. "Nonoperative Management of POP." Obstet Gynecol. 2023;141(4):724-736. doi
    Cited on: POP Overview · Prolapse Pessaries
  6. Sung VW, Borello-France D, Newman DK, et al. "Effect of Behavioral and Pelvic Floor Muscle Therapy Combined With Surgery vs Surgery Alone on Incontinence Symptoms Among Women With Mixed Urinary Incontinence: The ESTEEM Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA. 2019;322(11):1066-1076. doi
    Cited on: Mixed Urinary Incontinence
  7. Sung VW, Rogers RG, Schaffer JI, et al. Graft use in transvaginal pelvic organ prolapse repair: a systematic review. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;112(5):1131–42. doi
    Cited on: Saphenous Vein Graft

Footnotes​

  1. Sung, Vivian. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Zyczynski HM, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation vs Sham Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence in Women: NeurOmodulaTion for Accidental Bowel Leakage Randomized Clinical Trial." Am J Gastroenterol. 2022;117(4):654-667. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000001605 ↩

  3. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, Pruszynski JE, Hynan LS. "Perioperative Vaginal Estrogen as Adjunct to Native Tissue Vaginal Apical Prolapse Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA. 2023;330(7):615–625. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12317 ↩

  4. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, Pruszynski JE. "Three-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Perioperative Vaginal Estrogen as Adjunct to Native Tissue Vaginal Apical Prolapse Repair." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024;231(2):263.e1–263.e10. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2024.04.042 ↩

  5. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, Hynan LS, Pruszynski JE. "Effects of preoperative intravaginal estrogen on pelvic floor disorder symptoms in postmenopausal women with pelvic organ prolapse." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023;229(3):309.e1–309.e10. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2023.05.023 ↩

  6. Rahn DD, Richter HE, Sung VW, et al. "Perioperative Vaginal Estrogen as Adjunct to Native Tissue Vaginal Apical Prolapse Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA. 2023;330:615–625. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.12317 ↩