Female Genitourinary and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction

Francisco E. Martins obtained his Medical Degree at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Lisbon in 1983. He earned his title as Specialist in Urology by the Portuguese Medical Association, College of Urology, in 1993. He has been engaged in several humanitarian outreach clinical visits in Ethiopia, Angola, and Tanzania. His areas of major clinical and research interest are Genito-urethral and Pelvic Trauma and Reconstruction, Vesicovaginal and Rectovaginal Fistula, Female Pelvic Medicine, Erectile Dysfunction, Urinary Diversion, and Penile Cancer. He has been Consultant Urological Surgeon at Santa Maria University Hospital (2008-present date). In May 2017, he was elected to the GURS Board of Directors (Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons) and in October 2017 and September 2018 was granted Honorary Membership of the Hungarian Urological Association (HUA) and South African Urological Association (SAUA), respectively. In May 2019, he was elected President of the GURS (Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons). He is a member of several national and international societies and associations. Dr. Kurt McCammon is the Devine Chair in Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery and Chairman and Professor of the Department of Urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School where he serves as Urology Residency Program Director and fellowship director of the adult and pediatric genitourinary reconstructive surgery program. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio and had his urology residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School followed by a two-year fellowship in genitourinary reconstructive surgery also at EVMS. Dr. Henriette Veiby Holm is a Consultant Urological Surgeon and Professor of Urology in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, and Co-Director of the Reconstructive Urology and Neurourology Unit at the University of Oslo, in Oslo, Norway. Dr. Holm obtained her MD at Semmelweis University in Budapest in 2004 and her Residency training in Gynecology/Obstetrics in 2007, and in General Surgery and Urology at the Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet in 2013. She then undertook an Oncology Research Fellowship and Ph.D. Thesis Program in the Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet from 2013 – 2015.  Dr. Jaspreet S. Sandhu is an Attending Urologist within the Department of Surgery (Urology Service) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and an Associate Professor of Urology at the Weil Cornell Medical College.  He graduated from Duke University and after spending five years as an engineer in the telecommunications industry, obtained his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.  He completed his residency training at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and received a fellowship in voiding dysfunction at Columbia-Presbyterian and Weill-Cornell Medical Centers.  

History, Basic Science And Epidemiology.- Historical Milestones In Female Genitourinary And Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery.- Embryology And Development Of Congenital Anomalies Of The Pelvis And Female Pelvic Organs.- Neuroanatomy And Neurophysiology.- Pathophysiology Of The Female Voiding Disorders.- Epidemiology And Socioeconomic Impact Of Female Gu And Pelvic Floor Disorders.- Measurement Of Urinary Symptoms, Health-Related Quality Of Life, And Outcomes Of Treatment Of Genitourinary And Pelvic Floor Disorders.- Diagnostic Evaluation.- Clinical Evaluation Of Female Lower Urinary Tract And Pelvic Floor.- Imaging Of The Female Gu Tract And Pelvic Floor (Will Include Pelvic Us, Ct, Mri, Etc).- Electrophysiologic Evaluation Of The Female Pelvic Floor Disorders.- Urodynamic Evaluation: Traditional, Video, And Ambulatory Approaches.- Endoscopic Evaluation.- Bladder Filling And Emptying Disorders.- Overview Of Diagnosis And Treatment Of Overactive And Underactive/Sensitive Bladder Disorders.- Behavioral Modification And Conservative Management Of Overactive And Underactive/Sensitive Bladder Disorders.- Pharmacologic Treatment Of Overactive And Underactive/Sensitive Bladder Disorders.- Neuromodulation For Overactive And Underactive/Sensitive Bladder And Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Sacral Interstim®, Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation And Pudendal Nerve Stimulation.- Voiding Dysfunction After Female Genitourinary And Pelvic Surgery.- Idiopathic Urinary Retention In The Female.- Bladder Augmentation And Urinary Diversion.- Overview Of Pathophysiology And Diagnostic Evaluation Of Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation And Other Nonsurgical Management Modalities.- Retropubic Suspension Operations For Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Sling Operations For Stress Urinary Incontinence And Their Historical Evolution: Autologous, Cadaveric, And Synthetic Slings.- Complications Of Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery.- Artificial Urinary Sphincter For Female Stress Urinary Incontinence.- Urethral Bulking Agent Injectables.- Burch Colposuspension: Laparoscopic And Robotic.- Management Of Urinary Incontinence In The Female Neurologic Patient.- Stem Cell And Tissue Engineering In Female Urinary Incontinence.- Pelvic Organ Prolapse.- Overview Of Etiology Workup And Management Of Pelvic Organ Prolapse.- Transvaginal Repair Of Cystocele.- Open Abdominal Repair Of Cystocele.- Minimally Invasive Approaches: Laparoscopic And Robotic.- Complications Of The Use Of Synthetic Mesh Materials In Stress Urinary Incontinence And Pelvic Organ Prolapse.- Surgical Repair Of Vaginal Vault Prolapse: Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation, Use Of Synthetic Mesh, Uterosacral Vault Fixation.- Role Of Vaginal Hysterectomy In The Treatment Of Vaginal Vault Prolapse.- Minimally Invasive Sacrocolpopexy.- Open Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy.- Use Of Mesh In Posterior Vaginal Vault Prolapse Repair.- Complications Of Vagina Reconstructive Surgery.- Urethral Reconstruction: Fistulae, Diverticula And Strictures.- Overview, Epidemiology And Etiopathogenetic Differences In Gu Fistula Between Developed And Developing Worlds.- Urethrovaginal Fistula Repair.- Reconstruction Of The Absent Or Severely Damaged Urethra.- Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair: Abdominal Approach.- Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair: Vaginal Approach.- Rectovaginal Fistula Repair.- Ureterovaginal Fistula Repair.- Surgical Reconstruction Of Urethral Stricture (Non-Pfui).- Surgical Reconstruction Of Pelvic Urethral Fracture Injury In The Female .- Urethral Diverticula Repair.- Ureteral Reconstruction.- Surgical Reconstruction Of Ureteral Defects: Strictures, External Trauma, Iatrogenic And Radiation-Induced Injuries.- Techniques Of Ureteral Reimplantation.- Pelvic Pain, Irritative Voiding Disorders And Female Sexual Dysfunction.- Pathophysiology Of Pelvic Pain.- Painful Bladder Syndrome And Interstitial Cystitis.- Female Sexual Dysfunction.- Fecal Incontinence And Defecatory Dysfunction.- Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Defecatory Dysfunction.- Management Of Fecal Incontinence, Constipation And Rectal Prolapse.- Use Of Bowel In Genitourinary And Pelvic Reconstruction And Other Complex Scenarios.- Overview Of The Indications And Use Of Bowel In Female Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction.- Options For Reconstruction Of The Heavily Irradiated Pelvis.- Complications After Female Neobladder And Continent Cutaneous Diversion.- Genitourinary And Pelvic Trauma: Iatrogenic And Violent Causes (War And Civil Causes).- Surgical Reconstruction Of Obstetric And Pelvic Iatrogenic Trauma.- Surgical Reconstruction Of Pelvic Violent Trauma (War And Civil).- Female Genital Mutilation.- Vaginoplasty And Neovagina Construction In Congenital Defects, Trauma And Gender Affirming Surgery.- (Neo)Vaginoplasty In Female Pelvic Congenital Anomalies.- Genital Reconstruction In Male-To-Female Gender Affirmation Surgery.- Complications Of Gender-Affirming Surgery.- Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery.