UAB Continence Program

Sponsors:
UAB Center for Aging, UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

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 related 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 related disorders

Services:

Multidisciplinary Continence Clinic at the Kirklin Clinic
Women's Pelvic Medicine 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 Journal Club
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
- COBALT – Overactive Bladder in Men
- BEDTIME – Nocturia

Primary Contact Person:

Marcia Green
(tel) (205) 934-3259

Leaders and Key Staff: