WHAT IS A UROGYNECOLOGIST?

A sub-specialist with Board Certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.

The Urogynecologist cares for women with the following conditions:

  1. Incontinence: loss of bladder or bowel control, leakage of urine or feces.
  2. Prolapse: descent of pelvic organs; a bulge and/or pressure; ‘dropped uterus, bladder, vagina or rectum.’
  3. Emptying Disorders: difficulty urinating or moving bowels.
  4. Pain: discomfort to the lower back, pelvis or bladder and/or urethra.
  5. Overactive Bladder: frequent need to void, bladder pressure, urgency, urge incontinence (difficulty holding back urine when having the urge to urinate)
  6. Fistulas: abnormal hole between the vagina and rectum (rectovaginal), vagina and urethra (urethrovaginal), or vagina and the bladder (vesicovaginal)

Dr. Thomas is a Urogynecologist dually accredited as a Master Surgeon in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (MSMIG) and a Surgeon of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology (SOEMIG) recognized by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).

Each candidate for accreditation is rigorously inspected to help ensure that patients receive:

  • Safer Procedures
  • Exceptional care before during and after surgery
  • Fewer Complications
  • Better overall surgical experience
  • In-Office Services
  • Urodynamic Testing
  • Cystoscopy
  • Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
  • Hysteroscopy
  • Bladder Instillation
  • Pessary Care

Major Surgical Treatments

  • Mid-Urethral Slings
  • Botox of the Bladder
  • Bladder Neck Bulking
  • Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Procedures
  • Vaginal Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Procedures

For more information please visit https://www.augs.org/patient-fact-sheets/

Dr. Thomas