UAB Continence Program
UAB Genito-Urinary Disorders Program
UAB Genito-Rectal Disorders Center
Sponsors:
UAB Center for Aging, UAB Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, UAB Health
Services Foundation General Endowment Fund
Purpose:
- To provide cost-effective, state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment for patients
with urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and other genito-urinary
and genito-rectal disorders
- To provide data, resources, and collaboration for interdisciplinary research
- To educate students, trainees, and health care providers in evaluation and treatment
of urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and other genito-urinary
and genito-rectal disorders
Services:
- Multidisciplinary Continence Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
- Women's Pelvic Floor and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
- Urology Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
- Colo-Rectal Surgery Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
- Monthly seminar
- Multiple research protocols in progress:
- Behavioral and drug treatment of overactive bladder in men (MOTIVE)
- Treatment of persistent post-prostatectomy incontinence (ProsTech)
- Behavioral and drug treatment of urge incontinence in women (COMBO)
- Self-help program to improve post-prostatectomy incontinence (BOOKLET)
- Program to reduce incontinence through diet and exercise (PRIDE)
- NIH/NIDDK Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network-cooperative clinical trials network
doing research on incontinence and related disorders
- NIH/NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network-cooperative clinical trials network doing
research on pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence and related disorders in women
Primary Contact Person:
Marcia Green
Med- Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine
Veterans Hospital
(tel) (205) 934-3259
Leaders and Key Staff:
- Kathryn Burgio, Ph.D.
- Ernesto Drelichman, M.D.
- Patricia Goode, M.D.
- L. Keith Lloyd, M.D.
- Mark Lockhart, M.D.
- Alayne Markland, D.O.
- Jeannine McCormick, M.S.N., C.R.N.P.
- Holly E. Richter, Ph.D., M.D.
- R. Edward Varner, M.D.