|
|
A
B O U T U S
Meet
Our Clinical Team
All UCSF
Women's Continence Center practitioners are faculty members at the University
of California, San Francisco. In addition to their clinical expertise,
the faculty are internationally recognized leaders in many aspects of
research about urinary incontinence and prolapse. Biographical information
is provided below about each provider to help you learn more about our
clinical team.
- Jeanette
S. Brown, MD, Director
- Robert
B. Domush, MD
- Sharon
Knight, MD
- Abner
Korn, MD
- Leslee
Subak, MD
- Janis
Luft, NP, MS
- Wendy
Katzman, PT
- Madhulika
G. Varma, MD
- Laura
Goetz , MD
- Susan
Wong, RN, BSN
- Susan
Barbour, RN, NP, CNS
 Jeanette
S. Brown, MD, Director
Professor, UCSF Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive
Sciences, Urology and Epidemiology
Dr. Jeanette Brown is a urogynecologist and the Director of the UCSF Women's
Continence Center. Dr. Brown founded the Center to offer an integrated
and comprehensive approach to problems related to pelvic floor dysfunction.
A graduate of Rutgers Medical School, Dr. Brown completed her residency
at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara. Dr. Brown specializes
in urogynecology and devotes her practice to women's urinary incontinence,
lower urinary tract dysfunction and vaginal prolapse. She is an internationally
recognized researcher and her research focuses on prevention of incontinence
and evaluation of new surgical and non-surgical treatments.
 Back
to top
Robert
B. Domush, MD
Associate Professor, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and
Reproductive Sciences
Dr. Robert Domush has 25 years of experience in general gynecology with
an emphasis on the surgical treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction and
prolapse. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, and
he completed his residency at Emory University and the UCSF/Mount Zion
Hospital.
Back
to top
 Sharon
Knight, MD
Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and
Reproductive Sciences
Dr. Sharon Knight received her medical degree from the University of Alabama
School of Medicine. She did her residency in obstetrics and gynecology
at the University of Pittsburgh and completed her fellowship in urogynecology
and reconstructive pelvic surgery at the University of Tennessee. Her
clinical focus is working with women who have complex cases of pelvic
organ prolapse and incontinence.
Back
to top
Abner
Korn, MD
Professor, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive
Sciences
Dr. Abner Korn is an obstetrician/gynecologist whose practice is dedicated
to the treatment of women with incontinence. He is also the Director of
the Women's Gynecologic-Urology Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital.
Dr. Korn is a graduate of Yale University, and he completed his residency
at UCLA. His special interests include female urology, incontinence, vaginal
surgery and gynecologic infections.
Back
to top
 Leslee
Subak, MD
Associate Professor, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and
Reproductive Sciences
Dr. Leslee Subak is a gynecologist with a specialty in urogynecology and
pelvic surgery. Dr. Subak is a graduate of Stanford Medical School, and
she completed her residency and fellowships at UCSF. She has a special
interest in developing effective treatments and evaluating the clinical
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medical care for female urinary
incontinence and pelvic floor disorders. Understanding the impact of incontinence
symptoms and costs on women's lives and the effectiveness, costs, and
cost-effectiveness of treatment will help women and their providers make
the best treatment decisions and ultimately improve women's quality of
life.
Back
to top
 Janis
Luft, NP, MS
Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, Department of Family Health
Ms. Janis Luft is a women's health nurse practitioner. She designed and
directs the Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Program at the UCSF Women's Continence
Center and specializes in the use of behavioral techniques to help patients
control their urinary incontinence. Ms. Luft is a graduate of the UCSF
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Program.
Back
to top
 Wendy
Katzman, PT
Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Medicine, Department of Physical
Therapy and Rehab Science
Wendy, Katzman,
PT, is a physical therapist, board certified as an Orthopedic Clinical
Specialist. She graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch
in Galveston, School of Allied Health Sciences, and is currently working
on a doctoral degree in Rehabilitation Science at UCSF. Ms. Katzman's
research interests are in women's health, including urinary incontinence,
and musculoskeletal effects of osteoporosis. She is a Clinical Instructor
in the School of Medicine, the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehab
Science.
Back
to top
 Madhulika
G. Varma, MD
Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Surgery
Dr. Madhulika
Varma is a colon and rectal surgeon who specializes in fecal incontinence
and pelvic floor disorders. Dr. Varma is a graduate of Brown University
School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery at
UCSF and a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the University of
Minnesota. Her research focuses on constipation, fecal incontinence, and
pelvic floor disorders.
Back
to top
Laura
Goetz, MD
Assistant
Professor in Residence, UCSF
Department of Surgery
Laura Goetz,
MD
Dr. Laura Goetz is a colon and rectal surgeon, specializing in the treatment
of colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor disorders
and anal diseases. She completed her undergraduate degree at Carleton
College in Northfield, Minnesota and her medical degree at the University
of Minnesota. Her general surgery residency was completed at Northwestern
University in Chicago, Illinois with an emphasis on laparoscopic surgery
at their Minimally Invasive Surgical Institute. She also focused on surgical
education.
Susan Wong, RN, BSN
Susan Wong
RN, BSN, is a member of the Colon and Rectal Surgical Team, working extensively
in our Center for Pelvic Physiology Testing. She earned her nursing degree
at the University of California at San Francisco. Susan is very interested
in pelvic floor disorders and has had extensive training in the testing
of and treatment for pelvic floor problems. She is our therapist for biofeedback,
providing treatment for patients suffering from constipation, fecal incontinence
and other rectal disorders.
Susan
Barbour, RN, NP, CNS
Susan Barbour has
been the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse at UCSF Medical Center since
1984. She received her BSN from the University of California San Francisco,
and completed her Master’s Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner
at UCSF. She attended Cosler School of Enterostomal Therapy at USC in
Los Angeles for her Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse specialty education.
Her primary focus is working with hospitalized persons and their families.
She is also a non-salaried Assistant Clinical Faculty at the School of
Nursing.
Back
to top
Questions
or comments about this Web site may be sent to Kimberly.Price@ucsfmedctr.org.
Last updated: 01/01/05
|
