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Urogynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Urogynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Our urogynecology providers are here to offer you the highest quality care for your pelvic floor disorders.  

Our team is uniquely trained to provide specialty consultation and management of the full spectrum of Female Pelvic Floor Disorders, including pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, incomplete bladder emptying, accidental bowel leakage, fistula, urethral diverticulum, painful bladder syndrome, recurrent urinary tract infections. Our experienced and compassionate board-certified urogynecologists will conduct a thorough evaluation to understand your unique situation in order to offer you a range of possible treatment options tailored to your specific needs and goals. We offer various nonsurgical and surgical treatments.  For patients desiring or needing a surgical approach, we employ minimally invasive surgical techniques that allow for an easier recovery and usually a same-day discharge. 

We work closely with our colleagues in General Gynecology, Pain Management, Radiology, Urology, Gastroenterology, Colorectal Surgery and Physical Therapy, as well as your primary care provider, to provide you with the best care. We look forward to seeing you in our practice and helping improve your quality of life.

  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse – a bulge or pressure feeling in the vagina that results from descent of the bladder, rectum, uterus and/or vagina. This is also called uterine/vaginal vault prolapse, anterior vaginal wall prolapse (“cystocele”), and posterior vaginal wall prolapse (“rectocele”). Some women have to use their fingers or tissue paper to push the bulge in to urinate or defecate.
  • Incontinence - loss of bladder or bowel control, leakage of urine or feces.
    • Stress Urinary Incontinence – leaking urine with coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercise
    • Overactive Bladder or Urgency Incontinence –need to go to the bathroom urgently and/or frequently, and sometimes leaking urine before you can make it in time
    • Accidental Bowel Leakage/Fecal Incontinence – losing stool accidentally
  • Difficult defecation- difficulty with emptying bowels. Having to strain, push on the vagina or around your rectum, or dig stool out from your rectum in order to have a bowel movement.
  • Urinary Retention/Voiding dysfunction – difficulty emptying bladder and/or not emptying it enough with voiding.
  • Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections – two or more culture proven infections in the last 6 months.
  • Hematuria – blood in your urine.
  • Fistulas - abnormal hole between the vagina and rectum (rectovaginal), vagina and urethra (urethrovaginal), or vagina and the bladder (vesicovaginal).
  • Pain/Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis - discomfort in the lower back, pelvis or bladder and/or urethra.
  • Urethral diverticulum or Periurethral Cysts.
  • Behavioral modification training for incontinence or prolapse
  • Medications for incontinence
  • Pessary for incontinence or prolapse
  • Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening
  • Office percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for incontinence
  • Office urethral bulking agents for incontinence
  • Office bladder Botox injections for incontinence
  • Office trigger point injections for pain
  • Office cystoscopy
  • Urodynamic (bladder function) testing
  • Ultrasound
  • Minimally invasive surgery (cystoscopic, vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic approaches)
    • Vaginal hysterectomy and pelvic reconstruction (uterosacral ligament suspension, sacrospinous fixation)
    • Hysteropexy
    • Native tissue and mesh procedures
    • Sacrocolpopexy
    • Sacral neuromodulation for incontinence
    • Midurethral sling surgery

Our Locations

19 Bradhurst Avenue
Suite 2700 South
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914.493.2280
914.493.2080

373 Broadway
Kingston, NY 12401
845.303.1132
845.303.1133

689 Mamaroneck Avenue
Second Floor
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
914.253.1100
914.493.2080

257 Lafayette Avenue
Suite 200
Suffern, NY 10901
845.369.8800

Drangsholt, Siri, MD
Siri Drangsholt, MD
Attending Physician
  • Urology, Neuro Urology & Voiding Dysfunction
  • Urology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Hardart, Anne, MD
Anne Hardart, MD
Section Chief, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstruction
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Ivezaj, Diana, PA
  • Physician Assistant
Malacarne Pape, Dominique, MD
Dominique Malacarne Pape, MD
Clerkship Director, Attending Physician
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Popiel, Patrick M., MD
Patrick Popiel, MD
Attending Physician
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery