Profile of Heidi Wittenberg, Dr

Dr. Wittenberg specializes in minimally invasive urogynecology, genitourinary surgery, pelvic reconstructive surgery and gender confirmation surgery. She has been a practicing surgeon in California since 1999. She received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, as well as a Masters in Physiology and medical degree from Chicago Medical School. After 10 years of training in Chicago and at Johns Hopkins, she created the original Comprehensive Pelvic Medicine & Continence Center at California Pacific Medical Center. She has since developed the Comprehensive Pelvic Center at Pacific Gynecology & Obstetrics Medical Group office and then became Director of the Urogynecology Center of San Francisco. In 2013, she was in the vanguard of first board certified specialists in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery specialists. The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopy recognized her in 2017 as a founding surgeon at The California Pacific Medical Center Minimally Invasive Gynecology Center of Excellence due to her laparoscopic and robotic laparoscopic volume and outcomes. Because of her history of performing trans-masculine laparoscopic & robotic hysterectomies, as well as cis-gender vaginoplasties, Dr. Wittenberg was recruited to train further with an intensive fellowship with reconstructive plastics surgeons and reconstructive urologists to perform gender affirmation surgeries of vaginoplasties and full metoidioplasties. Since her additional training, she now focuses 100% on gender affirmation surgery. Currently, she is the Director of MoZaic Care Inc, Co-Director of the first Center of Excellence Gender Confirmation Surgery Center at Greenbrae Surgery Center as of 1/2019, and appointed a Master Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology 6/2019. This designation is granted from a non-profit, patient safety organization that looks at volume, complications and outcomes- the Surgical Review Corporation.

Procedures of Heidi Wittenberg, Dr ⁽¹²⁾

Procedure	Rank in San Francisco	Rank in CA	Rank in US
Transgender Surgery Transgender surgery is a surgical procedure by which a transgender person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble those socially associated with their identified gender.	Ranked in San Francisco: 3	Ranked in CA: 4	Ranked in US: 83
MTF Body Contouring MTF body contouring gives transgender women a more traditionally feminine, hourglass shape.	Ranked in San Francisco: 5	Ranked in CA: 49	Ranked in US: 122
Vaginal Tightening Vaginal tightening is the process of tightening the pelvic muscles.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 7	Ranked in US: 21
Laser Vaginal Restoration Laser vaginal restoration is increasing in popularity as the issues after childbirth can affect a woman’s sense of well-being and sexuality.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 4	Ranked in US: 9
Septoplasty A procedure that corrects a deviated septum. It often corrects breathing problems and is sometimes performed with a rhinoplasty.	Ranked in San Francisco: 2	Ranked in CA: 10	Ranked in US: 13
Deviated Septum Surgery Deviated septum surgery used to correct a deviated septum and enlarged turbinates.	Ranked in San Francisco: 2	Ranked in CA: 46	Ranked in US: 130
Ultherapy Ultherapy is a non-invasive procedure that lifts and tightens the skin of your face, neck and décolletage.	Ranked in San Francisco: 5	Ranked in CA: 49	Ranked in US: 236
Juvederm Ultra Juvederm Ultra is primarily used to treat medium-depth wrinkles, such as nasolabial folds and marionette lines, smooth out depressed scars, and enhance lips.	Ranked in San Francisco: 2	Ranked in CA: 19	Ranked in US: 149
Artars Robotic Hair Transplant Artas robotic hair transplant is a technique that involves harvesting individual donor hairs and meticulously placing them in areas of hair loss to stimulate new growth.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 1	Ranked in US: 1
Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery Gynecological laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive approach that allows the surgeon to operate without making a large incision.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 1	Ranked in US: 7
Lap Band Surgery Lap band surgery is considered to be one of the least invasive weight-loss options.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 1	Ranked in US: 8
Endoscopic Surgery Endoscopic surgery is performed using a scope, a flexible tube with a camera and light at the tip.	Ranked in San Francisco: 1	Ranked in CA: 15	Ranked in US: 33