Alexis M. Chesrow, MD, FPMRS

Dr. Alexis Chesrow is Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of Women's Health at Tulane University School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degrees in biology and cross-cultural anthropology at the University of Chicago and her medical degree from The Chicago Medical School. After her internship and residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she served as a chief resident, she completed a fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (urogynecology), neurourology, and male and female voiding dysfunction at Cedars-Sinai Hospital with Tower Urology in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Tulane, she spent nearly ten years at her urology/urogynecology practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she helped build a multidisciplinary program for the care of female patients and developed a clinical research program. 

Dr. Chesrow is board certified by the American Board of Urology in both urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. She provides specialized urogynecologic care for female patients with sexual dysfunction, complicated incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic floor dysfunction. In addition, she treats male and female patients with neurological conditions such as spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. While Dr. Chesrow does not provide gender reassignment surgery or systemic hormone management, she addresses voiding and pelvic floor dysfunction issues in transgender patients.