Marie Fidela R. Paraiso, MD, FACOG
Dr. Paraiso is Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Section Head of Urogynecology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed her OB/GYN residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati and her fellowship in Advanced Pelvic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Gynecology at the Cleveland Clinic. She is Board Certified in OB/GYN and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Prior to returning to Cleveland Clinic in 1998, she was Section Head for Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
She has completed three executive courses in leadership: Leadership in Healthcare; Leadership in Surgery; and Fast Track Leadership. Nationally, Dr. Paraiso served twice on the Board of Directors for the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) (2000-2003 and 2007-2010), and on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) from 2012 to 2014. She is currently as President of the AAGL Board of Directors. She served as the Scientific Program Vice Chair for the 2011 AUGS Annual Scientific Meeting, Scientific Program Chair for the 2012 AUGS Annual Scientific Meeting, and Scientific Program Chair for the AAGL Annual Global Congress in 2018.
Dr. Paraiso has lectured throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Central and South America, Australia, and South Africa. She has published over 135 manuscripts, 20 book chapters, and a 2014 textbook for Office Gynecology. She is a reviewer for 13 major journals in Gynecology and Urology and is on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG). She is the Site Primary Investigator for the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network and is best known for publishing randomized clinical trials. She is currently on the ACOG Gynecologic Practical Bulletins Committee. She has received numerous research awards from AAGL, AUGS, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) for best manuscript and best video and has received the CREOG and APGO/CREOG teaching awards. She has been educating colleagues, fellows, residents, and medical students throughout her career. She served as Cleveland Clinic OB/GYN Residency Director from 1999-2004 and Quality Reassurance Officer for the OB/GYN and Women’s Health Institute from 2005-2011. She has been voted Best Doctor in Cleveland Magazine and Best Doctors in America annually from 2006-2017. She was awarded the Raymond Lee Lectureship at the American Urogynecologic Society in 2017, which is bestowed on the AUGS Member who is honored for his/her research and surgical contributions to the field of Urogynecology as well as being a Master Teacher of Master Surgeons.