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We are a regional resource for pelvic floor disorders. Oklahoma's women have expanded options for overcoming debilitating and sometimes embarrassing conditions. Our expertise draws patients from across the country and overseas.
The state’s first fellowship-trained physicians in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology), S. A. Shobeiri, MD, M. Nihira, MD, MPH, L. Quiroz, MD, have special expertise that attract complex cases from doctors across the state. Emily Swafford, PT is the director of the Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation program. Sophisticated equipment makes the combination of diagnostic capabilities at OU Physicians Women’s Pelvic & Bladder Center the most advanced in the nation.
Our doctors and physical therapists spend the required time assessing our patients – often as long as an hour with each one – to help them understand the complex causes of their conditions. These assessments include a detailed patient history, a physical examination and advanced diagnostic testing. In most cases, women are evaluated in a single visit and sent home with a treatment plan. Our physicians have been published extensively in national and international journals. They are frequent presenters at national and international medical meetings contributing to the advancements in the field of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery/Urogynecology.
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OU pelvic floor specialists have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts. OU Physicians also serve as medical faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region’s future physicians.
The OU Physicians Women’s Pelvic & Bladder Clinic provides advanced diagnostics, rehabilitation and corrective surgery for the following conditions:
- Vaginal agenesis / MRKH
- Vaginal stenosis or non-functional vagina (Narrowing of vaginal diameter and length requiring corrective surgery)
- Mesh erosion, eroded slings, surgical complications
- Incomplete bladder emptying,
- Urinary frequency, urgency, nocturia
- Frequent urinary tract infections
- Fecal incontinence
- Rectal fullness or prolapse
- Vaginal prolapse (Cystocele, Rectocele, Enterocele)
- Developmental variations requiring corrective surgery
- Female sexual issues
- Pelvic pain (endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, chronic pain syndromes)
- Pudendal neuropathy
The clinic offers non-surgical treatments, including medications, pelvic exercises, biofeedback, electric stimulation, behavioral and dietary modifications and mechanical devices. When symptoms continue to interfere with daily activities, vaginal, abdominal or laparoscopic surgery may be necessary. Depending on your condition the most appropriate route for surgery will be chosen. Corrective surgeries for pelvic and bladder conditions can be outpatient procedures with small incisions and minimal post-operative pain and recovery time.
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| S. A. Shobeiri, MD, Associate Professor, Division Director |
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| M. A. Nihira, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Director of Surgical Simulation Lab |
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| L. Quiroz, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Research |
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| Lea Phillips, RN |
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Women's Incontinence and Sexual Health support group (WISH)
Now women of Oklahoma have expanded options in seeking support from other women suffering from pelvic floor disorders. The patients can call our nurse manager Lea Phillips to inquire about monthly meetings, or they can use the WISH support group which is posted on www.facebook.com
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| The University of Oklahoma HSC |
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| Presbyterian Health Foundation |
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| Center of Research in Women's Health |
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| Emily Swafford, PT |
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Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Program (Total Control)
Emily Swafford, PT is a member of Women's Pelvic and Bladder Health. She works closely with our fellowship-trained urogynecologists provide innovative solutions to our patients with pelvic floor disorders. She provides therapy to women with pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, some who hope to avoid surgery, as well as to post-surgery urogynecologic patients. Swafford also sees women in the pre- and postpartum period of pregnancy for pelvic floor health and wellness and biomechanics training. She utilizes a variety of techniques to work with patients, including strengthening, stretching, relaxing, soft tissue mobilization, biofeedback, electrical stimulation and manual therapy techniques.
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Pelvic Floor Investigation Group [PFIG]
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| Ricardo Saban, DVM, PhD |
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Dr. Ricardo Saban is the professor of Physiology and the Director of Basic Science Research for the section of FPMRS. Dr. Saban's lab information can be found at http://sabanlab.org.
His current areas of research includes mechanism of bladder inflammation and lymphatic darainage.
Philip B. Miner, Jr., M.D.
President and Medical Director Oklahoma foundation for Digestive Research http://www.ofdr.org/
Dr. Miner joined OFDR in 1996 as President and Medical Director and serves on the OFDR Board of Directors. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. Before joining OFDR, he was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Kansas for 19 years. Dr. Miner received special recognition awards for his service at the University of Kansas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology, and serves on the Professional Education Committee of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation.
Dr. Rao Chimpiri,
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Director of Body Imaging
Justin North, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
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Research Resources for the patients
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If you are a woman suffering from vaginal or rectal prolapse, urinary or fecal incotinence, pelvic pain or any other difficult pelvic floor disorder please call Michelle Norris, RN (405) 271-8777 and at the Center of Research for Women's Health for further information.
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| American Urogynecologic Society |
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| National Association for Continence |
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| Interstitial Cystitis Association |
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| Fellowship Training in FPMRS at OUHSC |
The Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) is a two hundred-acre complex located one mile south of the State Capitol. This grouping of seven health-related colleges, located in a fifteen-block area near the state capitol, and the Medical branch located in Tulsa is known today as the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
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| The OUHSC campus in Oklahoma City |
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Overview
The fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery is accredited by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the American Board of Urology.
Goals
The goal of our fellowship is to produce academic practitioners in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, and to encourage fellows to enter academic medicine by providing them with the breadth and depth of clinical and scientific knowledge. The strengths of this program include:
- Clinical exposure to the complete battery of diagnostic and therapeutic options for women with pelvic floor disorders
- Multidisciplinary environment with faculty in urology, colon and rectal surgery, neurology, gastroenterology, radiology, and physical therapy
- Opportunity for involvement in many funded pelvic floor research. Clinical
Our clinical practice offers a full spectrum of female pelvic medicine services. Fellows interact with all three attending physicians at OU, both in the outpatient clinical setting and in the operating room. Additionally, there are operative experiences at Saint Anthony Hospital and Intgris Baptist Hospital with our 2 adjunct faculty members. Fellows perform the majority of urodynamic studies in conjunction with the Urogynecology nurse. We have a pelvic floor dysfunction program that is coordinated through the Urogynecology division but involves additional consultants in urology, colorectal surgery, gastroenterology, physical therapy, and radiology (for dynamic pelvic floor MRI). Finally, Ou pelvic floor laboratory offers full spectrum of translabial/transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound (3D) , endoanal ultrasonography (3D), anorectal manometry, EMG, Cinedefecography, retrograde pyelogram, percutaneous neuromodulation testing, and complete pelvic floor neurophysiologic testing.
During the second year of fellowship, fellows are given the opportunity to have their own clinic session under the supervision of a faculty member. In addition, a resident urogynecology clinic is held as part of the third and fourth year Ob/Gyn residency rotation. The urogynecology division staffs this clinic and the fellow(s) is included in this rotating responsibility as appropriate to their level of training.
Educational
Fellowship is expected to be a combination of guided and self-taught education. Fellows are expected to read appropriate texts pertaining to the field of female pelvic medicine and remain current with the published literature.
These include: journal club, grand rounds, research meetings and didactic seminars. Surgical cases for the following week are presented in conjunction with the rotating third year Ob/Gyn resident.
Each Wednesday and Friday morning a resident urogynecology clinic is held as part of the rotation. The urogynecology division staffs this clinic and the fellow(s) is included in this rotating responsibility as appropriate to their level of training. Involvement in resident education is expected as part of the fellowship experience.
Research
It is our expectation that a fellow in our program will have fully developed and reported on at least one major research project during their fellowship. The width and breadth of both clinical and basic science projects that are currently underway in our division gives our fellows the opportunity to become involved in many areas. Areas of special interest include the neuroanatomy of the pelvic floor, Imaging of pelvic floor injury, basic science investigation of bladder inflammation.
Program Director
Mikio A. Nihira, MD, MPH
Details
Position Information (Please refer to www.AUGS.ORG for further information)
Trainees per year
1 (fellows currently accepted every year)
Fellowship length
3 years
Date program accredited
2008
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