Urogynecologist
Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dr. Tatiana Sanses is an Associate Professor at Howard University and a Chief of Female Pelvic Medicine, Reconstructive Surgery, and Urogynecology at Howard University Hospital.
Dr. Sanses is a clinician-surgeon-scientist with expertise in urinary incontinence treatments for older women. Her main research interest is pathophysiology of urinary incontinence in aging, specifically functional impairments in older women with interactions between lower body mobility limitations and pelvic floor muscle function. Dr. Sanses has spent last 10 years describing physical performance measures in older women with urinary incontinence, and more recently began using technologies such as pelvic MRI to further assess lower body mobility impairments and pelvic floor muscles in older women with urinary incontinence. Dr. Sanses was a Principal Investigator in a pilot clinical randomized trial “Functional Assessment and Muscle Evaluation Through Exercise” funded by the National Institute on Aging and completed in 2021. Dr. Sanses is also currently a Principal investigator at Howard University in a 5-year multi-site clinical randomized trial to treat urgency urinary incontinence in women with B-agonist medication versus Botox bladder injection.
Friday, October 6, 2023
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM US PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose