Fellow’s Pelvic Research Network (FPRN) Newsletter
http://www.sgsonline.org/fprn.php
Volume 5 Issue 1
MISSION STATEMENT: The purpose of the FPRN is to enable fellows to work together cooperatively and conduct multi-center pelvic floor research projects.
The goal of the FPRNTM is to imbue fellows with greater confidence, ability and efficiency in becoming accomplished researchers. Within the FPRN fellows will work and collaborate
both with peers and leaders in the field of urogynecology. The network also provides the opportunity to form ties with colleagues throughout the United States and Canada that will
continue long after fellowship. Participation in the FPRN should help members become more effective researchers.
MESSAGE
Welcome to our BIANNUAL FPRN Newsletter. Through this newsletter, we hope to keep you updated on ongoing and new
projects and the latest things the FPRN is working on. In this issue, we will report on the exciting happenings from our meeting at
AUGS 2013 in Las Vegas, NV!
Presentations at AUGS 2013:
 Oakley SH, Brown HW, Greer JA, Richardson M, Adelowo A, Yurteri-Kaplan LA, Lindo FM, Greene KA, Fok C, Book NM,
Saiz CM, Plowright LN, Harvie HS, Pauls RN. Management of Rectovaginal Fistulae: A Multicenter Review from the Fellows’
Pelvic Research Network.
PROJECT UPDATES
Cystometric bladder capacity and other predictors of failed
postoperative voiding trial following a midurethral sling
Risk factors for vaginal cuff dehiscence
Patients’ Knowledge of and Attitude Towards Robotic
Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Risk factors for lower urinary tract injury at the time of
prolapse and incontinence surgery
Change in Male and Female Sexual Function After
Midurethral Slings
Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy route
trends and associated implications for post-graduate
surgical resident education in the United States.
PI: Meadow Good, Southwestern Medical Center
Mentors: David Rahn, Nazinan Ehsani
Sites: Actively Recruiting
Description: A case-control study of patients who fail their
voiding trials versus those who pass after isolated midurethral
slings to determine risk factors for short term voiding
dysfunction.
Timeline/ next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
Meadow.Good@utsouthwestern.edu
PI: Christine Chu, University of Pennsylvania
Mentors: Heidi Harvie, Emily Weber LeBrun
Sites: Henry Ford Health Systems, U. Penn
Description: A cross-sectional study to determine the
knowledge of and preference of robotic surgery in women with
pelvic organ prolapse.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
christinem.chu@uphs.upenn.edu
PI: Kristie Greene, University of South Florida
Mentors: Lior Lowenstein, Leise Knoepp
Sites: USF, MWHC/Georgetown, Scott&White, Case Western,
Mt Auburn, Loma Linda, U. New Mexico, Walter Reed
Description: Multi-centered prospective trial investigating the
affects of MUS on sexual function of male-female couples
before and after surgery.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment closed. Plan for SGS
PI: AeuMuro Lake, Yale University
Mentors: Toby Chai, R. Gala
Sites: Mount Sinai, University Hospital, UPMC, North Shore, U
of Chicago/Northshore
Description: A case-control study of women who underwent
total hysterectomy to identify preoperative risk factors associated
with vaginal cuff dehiscence.
Timeline/ next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
aeumuro.lake@yale.edu
PI: Stephanie Pickett, University of Oklahoma HS Center
Mentors: Lior Lowenstein, Deena White
Sites: OUHSC, Northwestern, U. New Mexico, Brown, U.
South Florida, Washington Hospital, Scott&White, Hopkins,
WIHRI
Description: A case-control study of women undergoing
surgery for prolapse and/or incontinence that sustained a lower
urinary tract injury compared to matching controls undergoing
prolapse and/or incontinence surgery who did not have lower
urinary tract injury.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
Stephanie-Pickett@ouhsc.edu
PI: Peter Jeppson, Brown University
Mentors: Vivian Sung
Sites: University of New Mexico, Emory, Good Samaritan,
Mount Sinai, and Brown.
Description: To describe trends in hysterectomy routes before
and after the implementation of robotic technology (abdominal,
laparoscopic, robotic, and vaginal routes).
2015.
Timeline/next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014.
Prospective study on the effect of interstim on bowel
function in patients with refractory overactive bladder
PI: Monica Richardson
Mentors: Andy Vu, Leslie Rickey
Sites: Standford, UCLA, UC Irvine, U Mass, Cleveland Clinic
Florida, Mt Sinai, U. of Chicago
Description:A case series evaluating changes in bowel function
in patients who undergo Interstim for OAB using validated
questionnaires.
Timeline/next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014.
ANCILLARY STUDIES
Incidence endometrial and ovarian cancer during benign
hysterectomy
Ancillary to: Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy
route trends and associated implications for post-graduate
surgical resident education in the United States
PI: Leda Gattoc, Emory
Evaluation of Male and Female Goals for Midurethral Sling
Anicillary to: Change in Male and Female Sexual Function After
Midurethral Slings
PI: Ladin Yurteri-Kaplan, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
/ Georgetown
Intraoperative and postoperative complications by route of
hystectomy
Ancillary to: Impact of technologic innovation on hysterectomy
route trends and associated implications for post-graduate
surgical resident education in the United States
PI: Salma Rahimi, Mount Sinai
Timeline / next deadline: Accepted to SGS 2014.
RECENT STUDY PROPSAL ACCEPTANCE FROM AUGS
Social Networking: Multi-center survey of use among
Return to baseline function status in elderly women
urogynecology patients
undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery
PI: Donna Mazloomdoost, Good Samaritan Hospital
Mentors: Danielle Antosh, Heidi Harvie, Rachel Pauls
Sites: Open for recruitment
Description: A cross-sectional study to determine women’s use
of social networking to seek information about pelvic floor
disorders.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
Donna_Mazloomdoost@trihealth.com
PI: Avita Pahwa, University of Pennsylvania
Mentors: Lily Ayra
Sites: Open for recruitment
Description: Prospective cohort study to determine the rate of
return to baseline functional status for older women undergoing
pelvic organ prolapse surgery.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
Avita.Pahwa@uphs.upenn.edu
Efficacy of repeat midurethral slings for persistent or
recurrent stress urinary incontinence
PI: Robert Chan, Methodist
Mentors: Danielle Antosh, Robert Gutman
Sites: Open for recruitment
Description: Retrospective cohort study comparing outcomes
of repeat midurethral sling, retropubic versus transobturator, to
treat persistent stress urinary incontinence.
Timeline/next deadline: Recruitment open now! Join!
cardinalrcc@gmail.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Get involved in a FPRN project. Our goal is for every FPRN member to be involved in at least one project!
Please contact one of the FPMRS Fellows above to enroll as an ancillary study site now!
If you or your colleagues have not yet joined FPRN – go to www.sgsonline.org and click on the FPRN link from the menu
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Andy UU, Nosti PA, Kane S, White D, Lowenstein L, Gutman RE, Harvie HS. Incidence of unanticipated uterine pathology at
the time of minimally invasiveabdominal sacrocolpopexy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. S1553-4650, 2013.
Korbly NB, Kassis N, Good MM, Richardson ML, Brook NM, Yips S, Saguan D, Gross C, Evans J, Lopes VV, Harvie HS, Sung V.
Patient Preferences for Uterine Preservation and Hysterectomy in Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Am J Obstet
Gynecol., 209: 470.e1-6, 2013.
Good MM, Korbly N, Kassis N, Richardson ML, Book NM, Saquan D, Gross C, Evans J, Harvie HS, Sung V. Prolapse-related
knowledge and attitudes in women with pelvic organ prolapse symptoms. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 209:481.e1-6, 2013.
Crisp CC, Book NM, Smith AL, Cunkelman JA, Mishan V, Treszezamsky AD, Adams SR, Apostolis C, Lowenstein L, Pauls RN.
Body image, regret, and satisfaction following colpocleisis. Fellows' Pelvic Research Network, Society of Gynecologic
Surgeons. Am J Obstet Gynecol., 209: 473.e1-7, 2013.
Nosti PA, Andy UU, Kane S, White DE, Harvie HS, Lowenstein L, Gutman RE. Outcomes of Minimally Invasive and
Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy: A Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network Study. Accepted to FPMRS 2013.
Oakley SH, Brown HW, Greer JA, Richardson ML, Adelowo A, Yurteri-Kaplan LA, Lindo FM, Green KA, Fok CS, Book NM, Saiz
CM, Plowright LN, Harvie HS, Pauls RN. Management of Vesicovaginal Fistulae: A Multicenter Anaylsis from the Fellows’
Pelvic Research Network. Accepted to FPMRS 2013.
FELLOWS
We currently have 79 fellows from 51 fellowship programs involved!!
SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD
Husam Abed, Lily Arya, Tola Omotosho Fashokun, Rajiv Gala, Robert Gutman, Janet Hardy, Heidi Harvie, Lior Lowenstein, Miles Murphy,
Cedric Oliver, Danielle Patterson, David Rahn Leslie Rickey, Rebecca Rogers, Joseph Schaffer, Vivan Sung, Thomas Wheeler, Stephen Young
FPRN Liason
Miles Murphy
JUNIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Sonia Adams, Arielle Allen, Danielle Antosh, Tirsit Asfaw, Ahmet Bedestani, Nina Bhatia, Bryce Bowling, Jessica Braken, Heidi Brown, Heidi
Chen, Chris Chung, Andrea Crane, Catrina Crisp, Jacqueline Cunkelman, Kristina Cvach, Christina Dancz, Madeline Dick, Keith Downing,
Patricia Dramitinos, Nazanin Ehsani, Maria Estanol, Janelle Evans, Cynthia Fok, Elizabeth Frankman, Sarah Freidman, Leda Gattoc, Amy
George, Karen Gold, Cara Grimes, Joy Greer, Carey Gross, Sarah Hammil, Edmund Higgins, Kay Hoskey, Diego Illanes, Peter Jeppson, Sarah
Kane, Deborah Karp, Sesh Kasturi, Shunaha Kim-Fine, Virginia King, Leslie Knoepp, Nicole Korbly, Mamta Mamik, Mona McCullough, Ghafar
Mohamed, Stephanie Molden, Ignacio Montoya, Tyler Muffly, Rachel Nardos, Patrick Nosti, Aimee Nguyen, Apurva Pancholy, Canace ParkerAutry, Minita Patel, Hiren Patel, Danielle Patterson, Arash Rahi, Varuna Raizada, Olga Ramm, Jennifer Rothschild, Docile Saguan, Kamran
Sajadi, Emily Saks, Terri-Ann Samules, Melanie Santoas, Saya Segal, Alexander Shapiro, Jon Sheperd, Larua Sckoczylas, Amiee Smith, Gina
Sternschuss, Jasmine Tan-Kim, Megan Tarr, Alison Tate, Alejandro Treszezamsky, Christine Vaccaro, Andy Vu, Emily Weber Lebrun, Salim
Wehbe, Amanda White, Dena White, Cheau Williams
FPRN Steering Committee
Kristie Greene, M.D. (Chair), University of South Florida, kgreene2@health.usf.edu
Ladin Yurteri-Kaplan, M.D. (Treasurer) Washington Hospital Center, ladinyurterikaplan@gmail.com
Susan Oakley, M.D. (Secretary) Good Samaritan Hospital, susan_oakley@trihealth.com
Sonali Raman Vora, M.D. (Web Administrator) Brown University, Sonali.vora@gmail.com