Georgine Lamvu, MD MPH
University of Central Florida & Orlando VA Medical Center
Orlando, FL, USA
Biography:
Dr. Lamvu received her undergraduate and medical degrees (MD) from Duke University and she completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Additionally, she received her Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and completed a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopy and Pelvic Pain at UNC in 2003. Currently she is a Gynecologic Surgeon, and a Pelvic Pain Specialist who maintains an active educational role as Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Central Florida and Director of the Fellowship in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Orlando VA Medical Center. Her research and publications encompass a variety of study designs including randomized clinical trials focusing on vulvodynia, chronic pelvic pain, post-operative pain and other surgical outcomes in women living with chronic pain. Her work is published in a variety of journals including JAMA, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Several of her published works have been selected by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecology as mandatory education for all US OB/Gyns. She is the founder of MEDWorld and the developer of Pelvic Pain Education. Recently she has been recognized as a recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award by the University of Central Florida School of Medicine. She also serves as Chair of the Board for the International Pelvic Pain Society. A full bibliography of Dr. Lamvu’s publications is available here.
