UAB Continence Program
UAB Genito-Urinary Disorders Program
UAB Genito-Rectal Disorders Center
Sponsors:
UAB Center for Aging, UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care,
UAB Health Services Foundation General Endowment Fund
Purpose:
- To provide cost-effective, state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment for adults
of all ages 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 Clinics at the Kirklin Clinic and at UAB Highlands
- Colo-Rectal Surgery Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
- Monthly seminar
- Multiple research protocols in progress:
- 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
- MOTIVE II – Overactive Bladder in Men
Primary Contact Person:
Marcia Green
Med-Gerontology
(tel) (205) 934-3259
Leaders and Key Staff:
- Kathryn Burgio, Ph.D. (Research Director and Clinical Psychologist)
- Jamie Cannon, M.D. (Colorectal Surgeon)
- Ernesto Drelichman, M.D. (Colorectal Surgeon)
- Patricia Goode, M.D. (Geriatrician)
- Robert Holley, M.D. (Urogynecologist)
- L. Keith Lloyd, M.D. (Urologist)
- Mark Lockhart, M.D.(Radiologist)
- Alayne Markland, D.O. (Geriatrician)
- Jeannine McCormick, M.S.N., C.R.N.P. (Continence Clinical Specialist)
- Holly E. Richter, Ph.D., M.D. (Urogynecologist)
- R. Edward Varner, M.D.(Urogynecologist)
- Tracey Wilson, M.D. (Urologist)