Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2019 Female Pelvic Floor Immersive Simulation: A Randomized Trial to Test the Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Anatomic Model on Resident Knowledge of Female Pelvic Anatomy.  Journal- American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.  26:897-901. 2019
2017 Preemptive analgesia for postoperative hysterectomy pain control: systematic review and clinical practice guidelines.  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  217:303-313.e6. 2017
2017 Surgical Treatment and Outcomes for the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in the Older Woman.  Current Geriatrics Reports.  6:90-97. 2017
2017 Modified beef tongue model for fourth-degree laceration repair simulation.  Obstetrics and Gynecology.  129:491-496. 2017
2016 Prevalence, Awareness, and Understanding of Pelvic Floor Disorders in Adolescent and Young Women.  Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.  22:346-354. 2016
2016 Combined Tolterodine and Vaginal Estradiol Cream for Overactive Bladder Symptoms after Randomized Single-Therapy Treatment.  Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.  22:254-260. 2016
2016 Synthetic Graft Augmentation in Vaginal Prolapse Surgery: Long-Term Objective and Subjective Outcomes.  Journal- American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.  23:614-621. 2016
2015 Postoperative bowel function, symptoms, and habits in women after vaginal reconstructive surgery.  International Urogynecology Journal.  26:817-821. 2015
2015 The effect of age on stress and urgency urinary incontinence outcomes in women undergoing primary midurethral sling.  International Urogynecology Journal.  26:831-835. 2015
2015 Outcomes of Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence in the Older Woman.  Clinics in Geriatric Medicine.  31:487-505. 2015
2013 Indications, contraindications, and complications of mesh in surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse.  Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.  56:276-288. 2013
2013 The effect of obesity on fecal incontinence symptom distress, quality of life, and diagnostic testing measures in women.  International Urogynecology Journal.  24:1733-1738. 2013
2013 The role of vaginal mesh procedures in pelvic organ prolapse surgery in view of complication risk..  Obstetrics and Gynecology International.  2013:356960. 2013

Chapter

Year Title Altmetric
2016 Special evidence-based considerations in geriatric gynecologic care: Pelvic floor disorders.  137-158. 2016
2015 Outcomes of Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence in the Older Woman.  487-505. 2015

Education And Training

  • UAB Hospital, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of South Florida 2007
  • UAB Hospital, Internship 2008
  • UAB Hospital, Residency 2011

    • Full Name

  • David Ellington