Current Research:

• A comparison between the standard and expanded urine culture of patients who either report symptoms for a typical urinary tract infection and those who are symptom negative.

Publications: 

• Knowledge and acceptability of human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical cancer screening among women in Karnataka, India. Montgomery MP, Dune T, Shetty PK, Shetty AK. J Cancer Educ. 2015 Mar;30(1):130-7. PMID: 25355525
• Beneath the Surface: A Qualitative Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Infertility Experiences of US Women. Dune T, Sweet E, Ghant M, Recht H, Ahern C, Lawson A. Cameron K, Marsh E. Submitted to Human Reproduction.
• Racial Differences in Fibroid Prevalence and Ultrasound Findings in Asymptomatic Young Women (18-30 Years Old): A Pilot Study.Marsh EE, Ekpo GE, Cardozo ER, Brocks M, Dune T, Cohen LS. Fertil Steril. 2013 June;99(7):1951-7. PMID: 23498888
• Permeability Infertility Patients' Knowledge of the Effects of Obestiy on Reproductive Health Outcomes. Cardozo ER, Neff LM, Brocks ME, Ekpo GE, Dune TJ, Barnes RB, Marsh EE. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Dec;207(6):509.e1-509. PMID:22981319
• Knowledge of Obestiy and its Impact on Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Urban Women. Cardozo ER, Dune TJ, Neff LM, Brocks ME, Ekpo GE, Barnes RB, Marsh EE. J Community Health. 2013 Apr;38(2):261-7. PMID: 22961295

Presentations:

• Dune TJ, Raj P, Blackwell R, Gunnar E, Fitzgerald CM, Brincat C, Mueller ER,Brubaker L. Women Get It Right: The My Pelvic Organ Prolapse Perception (MYPOPP) Study. Poster at the International Urogynecological Association Annual Clinical Meeting; Nice, France, June 2015 and Oral Poster at the American Urogynecology Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015..
• Schreckenberger P, Price T, Hilt E, Dune T, Brincat C, Brubaker L, Mueller E, Wolfe A. Detecting Clinically Relevant Microorganisms: We can Do Better. Poster at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• Dune T, Hilt E, Price T, Brincat C, Fitzgerald C, Brubaker L, Wolfe A, Schreckenberger P, Mueller E. Specific Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms In Women Relate To Uropathogens While False Negatives Of Standard Urine Cultures May Delay Patient Treatment. Podium at the International Continence Society Annual Clinical Meeting in Montreal, Canada, October 2015.
• Dune T, Blackwell R, Sung J, Griffin A, Fitzgerald C, Brincat C, Mueller E, Brubaker L. Ready or Not?: A Quantitative Comparison of Urogynecology Program Directors vs Fellow Perception of Preparedness. Poster at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• Price TK, Hilt E, Dune T, Mueller ER, Brincat CB, Brubaker LB, Wolfe AJ, Schreckenberger PC. Patient Perception Of Urinary Tract Infection Is Associated With Decreased Urinary Microbial Diversity. Podium at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• Dune T, Hilt E, Price T, Brubaker L, Brincat C. Wolfe A, Schreckenberger P, Mueller E. False Negatives of Standard Urine Cultures May Delay Patient Treatment. Podium at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• Dune TJ, Mueller ER, Fitzgerald CM, Brubaker L, Brincat CA. Underestimation of Microscopic Hematuria in a Urogynecologic Population. Poster presentation at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Clinical Meeting; July 2014 and poster presentation at the North Central Section of the American Urologic Association Annual Meeting; September 2014.
• Pickett SD, Barenberg B, Kantartzis KL, Turner LC, Miranne JM, Dune TJ, Akl A, Vesely SK, Nihira MA. Increasing transparency at national meetings: An insight into current practices. Oral presentation at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Annual Meeting; March 2014.
• Ghant MS, Dune TJ, Nyakudarika NC, Recht HS, Sweet ES, Marsh EE. The Bitter Pill: Racial Differences in Inferility Treatment Experiences. Poster presentation at the American Society for Reproductice Medicine; October 2013.
  

Susanne Taege, MD

Current Research:

• Randomized controlled trial studying topical anesthetic use in pessary management.
• Correlations of the Female Urinary Microbiome with Estrogen and OAB Symptoms - submitted for grant support. 

Publications: 

• The Impact of Close surgical margins after radical hysterectomy forearly-stage cervical cancer. McCann GA, Taege SK, Boutsicaris CE, Phillips GS, Eisenhauer EL, Fowler JM, O’Malley DM, Copeland LJ, Cohn DE, Salani R. Gynecologic Oncology 2013 Jan:128 (1):44-48.

Presentations:

• Taege S, Schreckenberger P, Radek, Brubaker L, Mueller E, Brincat C. Microbial Communities of Pessaries in the Setting of Vaginal Erosions. Poster presentation at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Scientific meeting in Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• Taege S, Brubaker L, Brincat C, Mueller E. Characteristics of Sacrocolpopexy Failures. Poster presentation at American Urogynecologic Society Meeting; Seattle, Washington, October 2015.
• The Impact of Close Surgical Margins after Radical Hysterectomy for Early-Stage Cervical Cance” – Poster Presentation SGO 2012, Oral Presentation Resident Research Day.  PI – Ritu Salani
• Selective versus Systematic Lymphadenectomy for Endometrial Cancer: A Cohort Survival Analysis. - Oral Presentation SGO 2012.  PI – Leigh Seamon
• Does a Two Grade system Predict Outcomes in Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer? – Poster Presentation, SGO 2011.  PI – David O’Malley

Megan Brady, MD

Current Research:

• TBA

Presentations:

• Brady M., Carroll A., Cheang K., Straight C., Chelmow D.. (2014). Sequential Compression Device Compliance in Post-operative Obstetrics & Gynecology Patients. Poster presented at: Society for Gynecologic Surgeons 40th Annual Meeting; Scottsdale, AZ.
• Brady M., Lamb E., Carroll A., Gill E.. (2013). To Extraperitonealize Mesh or Not at Time of Sacropexy: A Case Series. Poster presented at: American Urogynecologic Society 34th Annual Meeting; Las Vegas, NV.

Publications: 

• Brady M., Lamb E., Carroll A., Gill E.. To Extraperitonealized Mesh or Not at Time of Sacropexy. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery.2013 Sep; 19(5): S122. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 24279004.
• Carroll A., Brady M.. Evaluation and Treatment of Fecal Incontinence. Postgraduate Obstetrics and Gynecology.2013 Feb; 33(4): 1-5.
• Johnston-Macananny E, Koty P, Pettenati M, Brady M, Yalcinkaya T, Schmidt D. The first case described: monozygotic twin sisters with the fragile X premutation but with a different phenotype for premature ovarian failure. Fertil Steril.2011 Jun; 95(7): 2431. PMID: 21300345.