Megan Routzong, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Biomedical Engineering | Obstetrics and Gynecology Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering Biography Dr. Megan Routzong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center with a secondary appointment in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2021, where she received an NSF GRFP to quantify the morphology and mechanical properties of female human pelvic tissues to improve computational simulations of the maternal pelvic floor during vaginal childbirth. In 2025, she completed her postdoctoral training in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, where she received an NIH K99/R00 award to study pregnancy-induced alterations in the cellular and mechanical behavior of pelvic floor skeletal muscles. Her lab will integrate computational and experimental approaches to study the biomechanics and mechanobiology of musculoskeletal tissues, with a focus on the female pelvis and pelvic floor during pregnancy and childbirth. Research Interest Biomechanics Childbirth Computational Modeling Mechanobiology Pelvic Floor Muscles Pregnancy Publications Featured Publications Passive Mechanical Testing of Female Human Levator Ani and Superficial Perineal Muscles. Routzong MR, Dubik J, De Vita R, Alperin M, Moalli PA, Abramowitch SD, Ann Biomed Eng 2026 Apr Sexual Dimorphism in the Architectural Design of Rat and Human Pelvic Floor Muscles. Routzong MR, Rieger MM, Cook MS, Ukkan R, Alperin M, J Biomech Eng 2024 Oct 146 10 Morphological Variation in the Pelvic Floor Muscle Complex of Nulliparous, Pregnant, and Parous Women. Routzong MR, Moalli PA, Rostaminia G, Abramowitch SD, Ann Biomed Eng 2023 Jul 51 7 1461-1470 Pelvic floor shape variations during pregnancy and after vaginal delivery. Routzong MR, Rostaminia G, Moalli PA, Abramowitch SD, Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2020 Oct 194 105516 Novel simulations to determine the impact of superficial perineal structures on vaginal delivery. Routzong MR, Moalli PA, Maiti S, De Vita R, Abramowitch SD, Interface Focus 2019 Aug 9 4 20190011 Extraocular muscle volume reduction in a patient treated with two courses of teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease. Richkind H, Shoji MK, Routzong M, Granet D, Kikkawa DO, Rudell JC, Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2026 Mar 41 102490 Differential change in extraocular muscle volume after teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease. Richkind H, Shoji MK, Walker E, Routzong MR, Kikkawa DO, Granet D, Rudell J, Orbit 2025 Oct 1-9 Improving radiological quantification of levator hiatus features with measures informed by statistical shape modeling. Vargo VS, Routzong MR, Moalli PA, Rostaminia G, Abramowitch SD, J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 2024 Jul 11 4 045001 Sacrum and Coccyx Shape Changes During Pregnancy and After Delivery. Martin LC, Routzong MR, Moalli PA, Rostaminia G, Abramowitch SD, Ann Biomed Eng 2024 Feb 52 2 292-301 Effect of Squeeze, Cough, and Strain on Dynamic Urethral Function in Nulligravid Asymptomatic Women: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Study. Martin LC, Routzong MR, Abramowitch SD, Rostaminia G, Urogynecology (Phila) 2023 Sep 29 9 740-747 Results 1-10 of 15 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards National Institutes of Health Pathway to Independence Award (NIH K99/R00) (2024) National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional NSRA Service Award (NIH T32) (2022-2023) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) Fellowship (2018-2021)
