Eleanor R. Friele

Biography

As of this year, Eleanor R. Friele will stop doing OB, and concentrate on her GYN practice. This is now more focused to the older perimenopausal population. She has become much more active in working on pelvic reconstruction and treatment of urinary incontinence related to anatomic damage of childbirth. She enjoy finding the least invasive manner of treating a patient. If we can She will avoid surgery, but if not she is happy to offer vaginal, laparoscopic and robotic routes of treatment. She frequently remove large uteruses and fibroids through the robotic or laparoscopic route, and am very comfortable with complex GYN surgery. She also work with menopausal medicine and pelvic pain related to muscle spasm working with a wonderful group of physical therapists. She is part of the Pelvic Health Network at Swedish and actively work with her colleagues in Urology and Colorectal surgery to determine the best treatment for a patient. She feel it is very important to find the right treatment for each patient. She completed her education Medical School from University of Washington, WA, University of Washington School of Medicine and Residency from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA.

Research Interest

Her research areas of interests are abdominal cerclage and abdominal cramps.