Heather Barbier MD, MPH

Education

University of Louisiana - Lafayette, Bachelor of Science, 1999
Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans, MD, 2004
Louisiana State University School of Public Health, MPH, 2004
Keesler Medical Center, OB/Gyn Internship, 2005
Naval Medical Center San Diego, OB/Gyn Residency, 2008
National Capital Consortium/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology) Fellowship, 2015

Biography

Dr. Heather Barbier received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, where she graduated magna cum laude. She completed medical school at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans then continued on to an Obstetrics & Gynecology residency with the Air Force. She completed her intern year at Keesler Medical Center in Biloxi, MS then moved to Naval Medical Center San Diego to complete residency following the Keesler program closure after hurricane Katrina. During her residency she served as Administrative Chief Resident.

Following completion of residency Dr. Barbier then served two overseas tours as an OB/GYN in the Air Force (at Yokota Air Base, Japan and Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England). She then moved to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where she completed a 3-year fellowship in Urogynecology in 2015. After fellowship she moved to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth where she served as full-time faculty for the combined Navy-Air Force OB/GYN residency program there. She also served as the Air Force Flight Commander for the NMCP program overseeing Air Force residents and faculty at that program.

In 2018, Dr. Barbier moved to Las Vegas to serve as the Military Program Director for a newly combined UNLV-Air Force residency program. Along with the Minimally Invasive Gynecology faculty, she started a new combined MIS/Urogynecology rotation for the academic year starting in 2019. While at Nellis, Dr. Barbier also served at the Chief of Surgery and guided surgical services through the Covid-19 pandemic and an EMR roll out.

Following that tour, she returned to the National Capital Consortium/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to serve as the Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics Residency Program Director.

Additionally she has multiple publications, posters, and oral presentation and has given multiple lectures in Urogynecology topics to various audiences.

In her free time, Dr. Barbier likes to do outdoor activities as much as possible – in particular compete in triathlons – and to travel both around the US and internationally.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Current position: Gynecologic Surgery & Obstetrics Residency Program Director, National Capital Consortium

Military Program Director for the combined UNLV-Air Force OB/Gyn Residency (at Nellis Air Force Base); Urogynecology; Chief of Surgery at Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center and UNLV, 2018-present

Urogynecology Attending, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth/633rd Medical Group at Langley Air Force Base, VA, 2015-2018

OB/GYN, 48th Medical Group, Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England, 2010-2012

OB/GYN, 374th Medical Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan, 2008-2010

Representative Bibliography

Barbier H, Carberry CL, Karjalainen P, Mahoney CK, Manriquez Galan V, Rosamilia A, Ruess E, Shaker. D, Thariani K. International Urogynecology Consultation Chapter 2 Committee 3: Clinical evaluation of pelvic organ prolapse to include investigations into associated Morbidity/Pelvic floor dysfunction. Int Urogynecol J Nov 2023; 34(11): 2657-2688. PMID: 37737436. doi: 10.1007/s00192-023-05629-8. (note – authors all contributed equally and are listed alphabetically)

Hilton AE, Selzler Z, Kasar P, Barbier H, Cross C, Bradley M, Levy A. Bulbocavernosus Reflex as an Objective Measure of Improvement Following Directed Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence. J Clin Gynecol Obstet 2023; 12(2): 33-38. Doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jcg0871

Welch EK, Dengler KL, Wheat JE, Heuer CW, Trikhacheva AS, Gruber DD, Barbier HM*. Colpocleisis Techniques: An Open-an-shut Case for Advanced Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Urology. 2023 Mar 24: S0090-4295(23)00261-3. PMID 3695819. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.03.011.

Medlen H, Barbier H*. Vesicovaginal fistula. In: StatPearls [Internet].: Feb 2023. PMID: 33232059

Gonzalez HM, Wheat JE, Dengler KL, Barbier HM, Gehrich AP, Gruber DD, Warner WB. Does symptom severity predict response to low-dose onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of urgency urinary incontinence? Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021; 256: 118-124. PMID: 33212321. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.10.052. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Buckley K, Gann J, Barbier H, Greer J. Pelvic organ prolapse in a fighter pilot with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2018 Jan 1; 89(1):66-69. PMID: 29233247

Barbier HM, Smith MZ, Eto C, Welgoss JA, Gruber DD. Ureteral compromise in laparoscopic versus vaginal uterosacral ligament suspension: A retrospective cohort. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery 2015; 21(6): 363-368. PMID: 26506167

Iwanoff CJ, Barbier, HM, Massengill JC, Lombardi ED, Christensen CL, Buller, JL, Gruber DD. Laparoscopic Colpotomy Using Monopolar Electrocautery: Does Power Really Matter? Accepted for publication 02 Sep 2014 for publication in Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, 2015; 21(3): 141-145. PMID: 255221469

Gruber DD, Massengill JC, Lamb SV, Barbier HM, Rosemeyer CJ, Lockgrow EG, Buller JL. Magnification effects on distance estimation during robotic suturing. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2014; 8(3): 233-238.

Barbier HM, Diaz JH. Preventing toxic seafood-borne illness in travelers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 2003; 10(1): 29-37. PMID: 12729510