Beri Ridgeway

Beri Ridgeway, MD, is Chief of Staff of Cleveland Clinic. She joined the Cleveland Clinic professional staff in 2009. Previously, she served as Associate Chief of Staff, Institute Chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health Institute and was the inaugural academic chair for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology.

After medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, she completed a four-year residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of California, San Diego and a three-year fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Ridgeway has authored 10 book chapters and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, and British Journal of Gynecology.

An active member of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Urogynecologic Society, AAGL, and Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, Dr. Ridgeway has presented at national and international meetings.

Her research interests include surgical correction of pelvic organ prolapse and uterine-sparing operations to treat prolapse, and combined pelvic floor disorders. She is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology General Obstetrics and Gynecology.

She has received numerous honors and awards in research and leadership.