Accomplishments for 2007
In 2007, the Urogynecology Division continued to grow with recruitment of Dr. Sujatha Rajan who recently finished her fellowship in urogynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Clinical services at all sites including Brigham and Women's, Newton Wellesley, Faulkner Hospital and South Shore Hospital were expanded and a new satellite was opened in Exeter New Hampshire due to the overwhelming demand for urogynecology services.
Clinical services in the areas of pelvic pain, overactive bladder and pelvic floor physical therapy were expanded with new product offerings including Botox for overactive bladder and pelvic pain as well as recruitment of Tricia Jenkins, a second pelvic floor physical therapist due to the increased need for physical therapy as a conservative treatment as well as adjunct to surgery.
The division was the first to offer and perform the newly offered single incision suburethral sling which may be the precursor to in-office surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Academically, the Division recruited its third fellow, Dr. Danielle Patterson, who will began in July 2007. Research activites continued to grow and abstracts were accepted to the 2005 IUGA, AUGS, and ACOG meetings. The Division was also involved in various multinational clinical trials including use of mesh in prolapse repair.
Goals for 2008
The Division hopes to be able to continue its growth and development in all areas: clinical, educational, and research. With increasing awareness and need for urogynecology services in New England, the Division hopes to be able expand in clinical service offerings as well as geographically. The Division is currently considering offering consultative surgical services to Emerson Hospital in Concord and Lowell General Hospital in Lowell. Recruitment of additional personnel is expected with increased clinical services.
On the educational front, the division is currently planning a series of course to educate Ob/Gyns in the New England area on the proper technique of cystoscopy given the increasing use of suburethral sling and mesh needle procedures. Dr. Kohli will participate in a series of national lectures educating physicians on the use of urodynamic testing. The Division will continue to research the epidemiology of prolapsed and incontinence as well as outcomes and complications of newly introduced techniques including mesh needle procedures and the single incision sling.
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