About Dr. Romanzi
Dr. Lauri Romanzi is a reconstructive pelvic surgeon and urogynecologist with 25 years of clinical and academic experience. Associate Professor of Gynecology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College since completing her reconstructive pelvic surgery and urogynecology fellowship, her clinical research includes Kegel exercise scoring, the effect of prolapse on bladder function, the durability of prolapse repair comparing uterine resuspension – hysteropexy to hysterectomy-based repair, vesico-vaginal fistula repair, urethral diverticulum, and labiaplasty technique. She serves on the fistula subcommittee of the International Urogynecology Association, is a charter member of the New York-based Society International Humanitarian Surgeons, reviews for several medical journals and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Gender Specific Medicine.
Dr. Romanzi pioneered a scar-free, uterus-preserving (hysterectomy-free) technique of uterine prolapse repair called vaginal uterosacral uterine resuspension, and was the first surgeon in Manhattan to perform minimally invasive sling procedure for urinary incontinence. Her book on pelvic organ prolapse, Plumbing and Renovations, gives readers the inside scoop on the latest in uterine resuspension and hysteropexy data for women with pelvic organ prolapse who want to avoid hysterectomy. For more information please visit www.plumbingandrenovations.com.
In 2008 Dr. Romanzi opened PHIT (pelvic health integrated techniques), the first medical spa devoted to devoted to fitness-focused vaginal rejuvenation. Pelvic fitness through Kegel exercise and pelvic floor toning improves sexual pleasure, reduces laxity and restores bladder and bowel function. Bringing you Kegel exercise fitness treatments to fit every lifestyle, PHIT also offers confidential cosmetic-gynecology consultations and services for women considering labiaplasty, vaginoplasty and perineoplasty – get the information you need before you proceed… at www.theperfectphit.com.
Her charitable works include volunteer fistula repair surgery with the International Organization for Women and Development in Niger, serving as visiting professor at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Tanzania, and performing reconstructive surgery and fistula repair at Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo through Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s program to relieve human suffering in war and disaster. To learn more about these programs please visit
Dr. Romanzi has two children in college and lives and works in Manhattan.
