Adjunct Professor of Urology in Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Diane K. Newman, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, is an Adjunct Professor of Urology in Surgery and a Research Investigator Senior at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Newman has over 30 years’ of experience practicing as a urology nurse, since 2000, in the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her current practice involves the evaluation, treatment, and management of urinary incontinence and related problems including the use of catheters and other devices in the management of bladder dysfunction. Dr Newman has held leadership positions in professional groups and government-sponsored expert panels over the last decade. She was the Chairperson of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Committee on Continence Promotion, Education & Primary Prevention for the International Consultation on Incontinence. She’s been quoted frequently as an incontinence expert in top-tier media outlets like The New York Times and has co-authored over 50 notable texts and medical publications on the topic. She is the author of The Urinary Incontinence Sourcebook, Managing and Treating Urinary Incontinence (1st and 2nd editions), Overcoming Overactive Bladder and a coauthor of Fast Facts: Bladder Disorders. She is the lead editor of the 2018 Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing. She is the lead editor of the textbook Clinical Application of Urologic Catheters, Devices, and Products to be published in 2017. She is the Principal Investigator of the NIH NDK-funded Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium and co-investigator on several others including an NIA-funded home-based study on the prevention of falls through physical exercises and bladder training, the NICHD-funded Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Network and a VA-funded grant on prostate cancer.
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Saturday, April 29, 2023
12:05 PM – 12:20 PM CST