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Cherrilyn Richmond, MS, WHNP (BC)

Clinical Instructor in and Lecturer in Nursing
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Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

PO Box 208063

New Haven, CT 06520-8063

United States

About

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Clinical Instructor in and Lecturer in Nursing

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

Biography

Ms. Richmond obtained her MS from the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Columbia University in New York.She worked at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University as a Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Urology.She specializes in pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, electrical stimulation, and behavioral modification therapies for pelvic relaxation and urinary incontinence.Ms. Richmond also treats patients with various urogynecologic and gynecologic conditions.She has received the National Collegiate Nursing Award (NCNA), the Empire Minority Honor Scholarship, and the Chi Eta Phi Mentor Program Award.Ms. Richmond was previously one of three new graduates, out of hundreds of applicants, accepted as an RN at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston for the Clinical Entry Nurse Residency Program.

Appointments

Education & Training

MS
Columbia University, Nurse Practitioner (2001)

Research

Publications

2023

2016

Others

  • A peer reviewer of the AUA’s (The American Urological Association) Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome.
    A peer reviewer of the AUA’s (The American Urological Association) Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Urologic and Pelvic Floor Health Problems. Chapter 29. In I. M. Alexander, V. Johnson- Mallard, E. A. Kostas-Polston, C. Ingram, & N. F. Woods, Eds., Women’s Health Care in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2nd Ed (pp. 537 – 560). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co. Bercik, R. S., & Richmond, C. F. (2016).
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research
  • Richmond, C. Interstitial cystitis—chronic, common, and sometimes complicated to treat. American Nurse Today. 2010;5(11):19-24.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Clinical Care

Overview

Cherrilyn Richmond, MS, WHNP-BC (women’s health nurse practitioner), specializes in pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, with electrical stimulation, behavioral modification, pessary fitting, and urodynamic procedures for pelvic floor relaxation and urinary incontinence.

She treats patients with various urogynecologic and gynecologic conditions including pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), overactive bladder, and female urinary incontinence.

“I love taking care of all women from teenagers to the elderly,” she says. “And I enjoy getting to know my patients and being able to help them without invasive treatments. The pelvic area is very private and it’s a touchy subject. Women are sometimes in tears because they are embarrassed and can’t believe these problems are happening to them. It can interfere with marriages, relationships, and sexual activity.”

Richmond says it is her priority to make women as comfortable as possible. “I tell them I have been through this. I have kids, too, and know that this can be uncomfortable. I will do my best to either alleviate or resolve the problem,” she says. “And for patients who come in because of urinary leakage or pelvic organ prolapse, I can put in a pessary, a silicone device inserted into the vagina, and they see improvement right away.”

That, Richmond says, is extremely gratifying. “They may have decrease or no pain or discomfort since the prolapse is reduced or they can cough, laugh, sneeze or exercise without any urinary leakage,” she says. “With pelvic floor therapy women learn the correct kegel technique so that they can control their bladder instead of the bladder controlling them.”

Outside of practice, Richmond volunteers with the Yale Global Urogynecology Initiative (UGHI). The project focuses on pelvic floor dysfunction and vaginal surgery education and training for Dominican and Yale Ob/Gyn and urology residents through workshops, patient evaluations, and surgeries for underserved, low-income women in the Dominican Republic.

She has received the OB/GYN Lee Buxton Award, the National Collegiate Nursing Award (NCNA), the Empire Minority Honor Scholarship, and the Chi Eta Phi Mentor Program Award. She is a member of the American Urogynecological Society and National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health.

Clinical Specialties

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences; Urogynecology

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

    Certification Organization
    National Certification Corporation
    Latest Certification Date
    2009
    Original Certification Date
    2003

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Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

PO Box 208063

New Haven, CT 06520-8063

United States

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Locations

  • Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

    Academic Office

    Farnam Memorial Building

    310 Cedar Street, Wing Urogynecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Fl 3rd, Ste 329

    New Haven, CT 06510

    General Information

    203.785.6927
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