Kathryn Witzeman

• Integrative Medicine
• Pain Management
• Perimenopause/Menopause
• Sexual Health
• Urogenital Health

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona

Clinical Professor, University of Colorado 4. Witzeman, KA, Kopfman, JE; OBGYN Resident attitudes and perceptions about chronic pelvic pain: A targeted needs assessment to aid curriculum development; JACGME; March, 2014; Vol. 6 No. 1; pp. 39-43. PMID: 24701308 5. Lamvu G, Rapkin A, Witzeman K, Marvel RP, Hutchin DA. Psychosocial characteristics, quality of life and the pain experience of women with vulvodynia enrolled in the national vulvodynia registry. Journal of Pain, 15(2014) S22. 6. Lamvu G, Nguyen R, Burrows L, Rapkin A, Witzeman K, Marvel RP, Hutchins D, Witkin S S, Veasley C, Fillingim R, Zolnoun D. The EVA (Evidence –Based Vulvodynia Assessment) Project. A National Registry for the Study of Vulvodynia. Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 60(5-6):223-35, 2015 May-June. PMID: 26126308 7. Witzeman, KA, Nguyen, RHN, Eanes, A, Zolnoun, D; Mucosa versus muscle pain sensitivity in vestibulodynia; Journal of Pain Research. 2015:8 549–555. PMID: 26316805 8. Patanwala I, Lamvu G, Ledger W, Witzeman K, Marvel R, Rapkin A, Bongiovanni AM, FeranecJ, Witkin S. Catechol-O-Methyltransferase gene polymorphism and vulvar pain in women with vulvodynia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017., Oct Apr;216(4):395.e1-395.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016. 10.020.Epub2016 Oct 22. PMID: 27780702 9. Blanton E, Lamvu G, Patanwala I, Barron K, Witzeman K, Tu F, As-Sanie S; Non-opioid pain management in benign minimally invasive hysterectomy: A systematic review; Am J Obste Gynecol. 2017 Jun;216(6):557-567. Doi: 10.1016/j.ajog. 2016.12.175. Epub 2016 Dec 30. Review. PMID: 28043841 Alappattu, M, Lamvu G, Witzeman, K, Bishop M. Vulvodynia is not created equally: empirical classification of women with vulvodynia. J Pain Res. 2017 Jul 6;10:1601-1609. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S136751. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28740427 11. Lamvu G, Alappattu M, Witzeman K, et al. Patterns in Vulvodynia Treatments and 6-Month Outcomes for Women Enrolled in the National Vulvodynia Registry—An Exploratory Prospective Study. J Sex Med 2018;15:705e715. PMID: 30566976 12. Lamvu G, Carrillo, J, Witzeman, K, Alappattu, M. Musculoskeletal Considerations in Female Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain. Semin Reprod Med 2018; 36:107-115. PMID: 30566976 13. Kalata, M, Swarr, V, Teter, K, Wagner, L, Witzeman, K; Understanding Barriers to Uptake of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogeterone caproate (17-OHP) in Women with History of Preterm Birth. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 Apr 30:1-6. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1610736; PMID: 31006296 14. Hastings, J, Forster, J, Witzeman, K; Joint Hypermobility Among Female Patients Presenting with Chronic Myofascial Pelvic Pain. PMR. 2019 Feb 6. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.1213; PMID: 30729750 15. Lo L, Lamvu GM, Alappattu M, Witzeman K, Rapkin A. Factors associated with mucosal vs. muscular pain in provoked vestibulodynia: a cross-sectional analysis from the national vulvodynia registry. Abstracts from the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) Annual Scientific Meeting on Pelvic Pain 2019. PAIN Reports, 2020, 5(2) pe815. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000815. 16. Kathryn Witzeman,1 Oscar Antunez Flores,2 Roberta I Renzelli-Cain,3 Brett Worly,4 Janelle K Moulder,5 Jorge F Carrillo,6 Beth Schneider7Patient–Physician Interactions Regarding Dyspareunia with Endometriosis: Online Survey Results; Journal of Pain Research 2020:13 1579–1589 (doi: 10.2147/JPR.S248887); PMID: 32636669 17. Lo L, Lamvu G, Alappattu M, Witzeman K, Markovic D, Rapkin A; Predictors of Mucosal and Muscle Pain in Vulvodynia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the National Vulvodynia Registry; Journal of Pain; 2021 Feb;22(2):161-170. PMID: 32679255 18. Kathryn A. Witzeman, Chronic Overlapping Pelvic Pain Disorders: Differential Diagnoses and Treatment. Practical Pain Management; Volume 21, Issue #2; March, 2021. 19. Kathryn A. Witzeman, The Complex Intersection of Pelvic Pain and Mental Health in Women. Practical Pain Management; Volume21, Issue #3; May, 2021

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Profession

Physician

Years in clinical practice

Over 15 Years

Primary employer

Private Health System

Primarily involved in

Clinical Practice (in person)

Preferred pronouns

She/Her

Society member since

5/7/2022

Sees patients by video appointment. Licensed to provide telehealth in:

• Colorado

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