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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.

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Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Editor: Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD

REFERENCES:

American Urological Association Foundation.

National Institute on Aging. "Urinary Incontinence." National Institutes of Health (NIH). 28 Oct. 2011. <http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/urinary-incontinence>.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). "The Urologic Diseases Dictionary." National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). 9 Sept. 2010. <http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/udictionary/>.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). "Your Urinary System and How It Works." National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC). 9 Sept. 2010. <http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yoururinary/>.

The Simon Foundation for Continence. "About Incontinence." 29 May 2011. <http://www.simonfoundation.org/About_Incontinence.html>.

Vasavada, Sandip P., et al. "Urinary Incontinence." eMedicine. 5 Apr. 2012. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/452289-overview>.

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Raymond Rackley, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU; Co-Section Head, Section of Voiding Dysfunction and Female Urology, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; George Lazarou, MD, FACOG, Director, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Jack D Weiler Hospital/Montefiore Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Coauthor(s): Sandip P Vasavada, MD, Co-Head, Section of Female Urology, Joint Appointment, Urological Institute and Department of Gynecology, Co-Director, Center for Pelvic Neuromodulation, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Jessica B Johnson, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc. Editors: Stanley A Brosman, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Urology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Richard A Santucci, MD, FACS, Chief of Urology, Detroit Receiving Hospital; Chief of Urologic Trauma Surgery, Sinai Grace Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Bradley Fields Schwartz, DO, FACS, Director, Center for Urologic Laparoscopy and Endourology, Associate Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University.

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