Description of Research Expertise

Fecal Incontinence
Pelvic floor disorders in Older Women

Selected Publications

Khanijow KD, Leri D, Arya LA, Andy UU: A Mobile Application Patient Decision Aid for Treatment of Overactive Bladder Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 1 (27(6)): 365-370,2021.

Bradley CS, Brown HW, Shippey SS, Gutman RE, Andy UU, Yurteri-Kaplan LA, Kudish B, Mehr A, O'Boyle A, Foster RT, Anger JT, Eyck PT, Moalli PA, Developed by the Pelvic Floor Disorders Registry: Generic Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Seeking Care for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 1 (27(6)): 337-343,2021.

Dieter AA, Mueller MG, Andy UU, Kirby AC, Dwarica DS, Amundsen CL, Gregory WT, Desai S, Clayton L, Squires NA, Allen A, Casper KP, Murphy MJ, Shepherd JP, Developed by the AUGS Junior Faculty Research Network: Baseline Characteristics, Evaluation, and Management of Women With Complaints of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 1 (27(5)): 275-280,2021.

Traylor J, Koelper N, Kim SW, Sammel MD, Andy UU: Impact of Surgical Wait Time to Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Disease J Minim Invasive Gynecol 28 (5): 982-990,2021.

Chu CM; Harvie H; Arya LA; Andy UU: Short-Term Effect of Fesoterodine on Physical Function Relevant to Fall Risk in Older Women With Overactive Bladder Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery : 2021.

Kim EK, Arya LA, Andy UU, Cox CK, Harvie HS: Review of Malpractice Litigations Involving Vesicovaginal and Rectovaginal Fistulas Following Elective Hysterectomy for Benign Indications in the United States From 1970 to 2020 Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 1 (27(3)): 186-194,2021.

Soriano A, Allen A, Malykhina AP, Andy UU, Harvie H, Arya L: Relationship of Pain Catastrophizing With Urinary Biomarkers in Women With Bladder Pain Syndrome Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg : 2021.

Ryles HT, Sansone SA, Levin PJ, Andy UU, Harvie HS, Arya LA: Is Nocturia Associated With Detrusor Underactivity? Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg : 2021.

Soriano A*, Uduak Andy U*, Hassani D, Whitmore K, Harvie H, Malykhina AP, Arya L, *co-primary author: Relationship of Bladder Pain With Clinical and Urinary Markers of Neuroinflammation in Women With Urinary Urgency Without Urinary Incontinence Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 1 (27(2)): 2021.

Sung VW, Menefee S, Dunivan G, Richter HE, Moalli P, Weidner A, Andy UU, Jelovsek E, Mazloomdoost D, Whitworth R, Thomas S; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Design of a Study to Measure Patient-Perspectives in Adverse Event Reporting (the PPAR Study): Supplementary Study to the ASPIRe Trial. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg 1 (27(1)): e112-117,2021.

Academic Contact Information

PENN Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 1000 Courtyard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366