About me
Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD, FACOG, FPMRS, is Director of the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Director of the National Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery (NCAPS) at MedStar Health, an internationally renowned center that combines urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. She is also Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Urology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Dr. Iglesia and her colleagues are internationally and nationally recognized for their work in advancing the clinical, academic, research, and other innovative aspects of advanced pelvic surgery and urogynecology. The NCAPS faculty has received numerous awards for their excellence in research, teaching clinical trials, leadership, and administration. The MedStar Health—Washington Hospital Center Fellowship Program in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery is recognized as one of the top urogynecology fellowship programs in the country and one of the few fellowships that combine urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.
As a double board-certified physician in Ob/Gyn and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery with more than 30 years in the field, Dr. Iglesia specializes in diagnosing and treating pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, overactive bladder, and pelvic organ prolapse. She also specializes in treating complex pelvic floor complications after prior surgery, including urinary and bowel fistulas; complications after pregnancy and childbirth, including pain from episiotomies and lacerations, as well as accidental bowel and bladder leakage; and complications after cancer treatment, such as sexual health issues and vaginal dryness. She has special expertise in managing complications associated with transvaginal mesh and its removal.
Philosophy of Care
“My philosophy of care goes hand-in-hand with my philosophy of life. At the end of the day, life is about how you treat others. I treat my patients, as well as my colleagues including the administrative staff, nurses, medical office assistants, advanced practice practitioners, and learners in training, with the highest respect.
“I provide care and practice to the highest level of medical evidence. I want my patients to have access to the most groundbreaking treatments, but there must be evidence of their safety and efficacy. The advantage of getting care at a renowned medical teaching institution such as MedStar Health and Georgetown University School of Medicine is that patients have access to novel treatments through clinical trials, where we evaluate the new technology using outcomes that matter most to patients.
“I don’t operate on strangers. I feel strongly that it’s important to listen to patients, to understand what their goals and expectations are, and to have an honest conversation about how we can help them best achieve those goals.
“I’m passionate about educating doctors in training and giving my all to spread knowledge to the next generation of pelvic reconstructive surgeons–that is a significant part of my legacy.
“A saying that really speaks to me is, ‘Work won’t love you back.’ I know this to be true because only family and close friends can fill that need. But I firmly believe that work can bring you joy. I’m so joyful about the work I do. Some of the conditions I treat can be very debilitating and embarrassing, and significantly affect our patients’ quality of life. I really enjoy being able to make a tangible difference in people’s lives. It’s a true privilege and honor.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Lichen Sclerosus Treatment
- Robotic Colpopexy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breast Imaging
- Abnormal Urine Test Results
- Acquired Absence Of Female Genital Organs
- Acquired Absence Of Organs
- Acute Pelvic Pain
- Bartholin's Gland Diseases
- Candidiasis
- Cervical Dysplasia
- Cervix Uteri Disorders
- Congenital Malformations Of Female Genitalia
- Cystitis
- Cystocele
- Dyspareunia
- Endometriosis
- Female Genital Pain
- Female Genital Tract Fistulae
- Female Genital Tract Polyp
- Female Urinary Tract Infections (UTIS)
- Genital Injury
- Genitourinary Symptoms
- Hematuria
- Herpes (GENITAL HERPES)
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Leiomyoma Of Uterus
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Cervix Uteri
- Menstrual Disorders
- Mesh Erosion
- Ovary, Fallopian Tube And Broad Ligament Disorders
- Painful Urination
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Peritoneum Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Sling Procedure Complications
- Uterine And Vaginal Bleeding Abnormalities
- Uterine Fibroids
- Uterine Prolapse
- Uterus Problems
- Vagina And Vulva Inflammation And Infections
- Vaginal And Vulvar Inflammation
- Vaginal Dryness
- Vaginal Fistula
- Vaginal Wall Prolapse
- Vulva And Perineum Disorders
- Vulvar And Vaginal Atrophy
Procedures I perform
- Endometrial Ablation
- Enteroscopy
- Geriatric Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
- Laparoscopic Removal Of Adnexal Structures
- Lichen Sclerosus Treatment
- Pelvic Floor Surgery
- Pelvic Pain Treatment
- Posterior Colporrhaphy
- Repair Perineum Muscle
- Robotic Colpopexy
- Vagina Resection
- Vaginal Laser Rejuvenation
- Vaginal Laser Therapy
- Vaginal Pessary Insertion
- Vaginal Rejuvenation With Vaginoplasty
- Vaginal Vault Suspension
- Vaginoplasty
- Vaginoplasty Revision
- Vestibuloplasty
- Vulvodynia
Practice locations
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3305 N Leisure World Blvd
Silver Spring, MD, 20906
1133 21st St NW
Bldg 2 8th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036
106 Irving St NW
POB Ste 405 South Tower
Washington, DC, 20010
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- POS OA
- OA Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-POS Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Beech Street PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- First Health PPO
- Sentara Health
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open POS II
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Choice POS II
- Choice POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Medicare FFS
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optimum Choice
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- HighMark
- Aetna Basic
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TRICARE East Select
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellowship: Methodist Hospital of Indiana (1997)
Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center-Chicago (1997)
Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville (1995)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (1991)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025 2021 Most Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Florida College of Medicine, Shands/Jacksonville
- 2019 Karen Gale Award for Outstanding Achievement and Mentorship, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- 2018 AUGS Foundation Donor of the Year Award Chicago, IL
- 2014 ACOG Mentor of the Year Award
- 2013 SGS President’s Award for Outstanding Research,Charleston, SC
- 2011 AUGS Best Clinical/Surgical Paper Chicago, IL
- 2011 Axel Ingelman-Sundberg Award for Best Abstract International Urogynecologic Association 36th Annual Meeting Lisbon, Portugal
- 2011 Best Surgical Video Award Society of Gynecologic Surgeon’s 27th Annual Meeting
- Teaching Awards
- 2014 Anthony Sciallli Chief Resident excellence in teaching and resident advocacy award from Graduating Chief Residents
- 2014-17, 2019-21 Golden Apple Teaching Award Nomination(Georgetown Med Students)
- 2000 CREOG National Faculty Award for Excellence in Resident Education as voted by Washington Hospital Center Ob/Gyn Residents
- 1997 Fellowship Teaching Award for Resident Education, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
- 1995 Jelks Award for Education, Diligence, Compassion and Innovation in Patient Care, University of Florida Health Sciences Center/ Shands
- 1995 Special Excellence in Endoscopy University of Florida Health Sciences Center/ Shands
- 1991 Rudolf Virchow Award for Research in Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Special Recognition
- Top Doctors listing Washingtonian Magazine 2012-2017
- Super Doctors listing: The Washington Post 2011-2013
- Best Doctors Northern Virginia 2009 - present
- Best Doctors in America 2005 - present