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Joseph Schaffer, M.D.

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Joseph Schaffer
Name:
  Joseph Schaffer, M.D.
Academic Title:
  Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Obstetrics and Gynecology
School:
  Southwestern Medical School
Affiliations:
  Parkland Urogynecology Clinic
The James W. Aston Clinical Building
Urogynecology
Department Website:
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Email:
  Joseph Schaffer, M.D.
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  Joseph Schaffer, M.D.

 RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Childbirth Related Pelvic Floor Injury
Pathophysiology of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence
Non-Surgical and Surgical Management of Prolapse and Incontinence
 
 RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
Yau JL, Rahn DD, McIntire DD, Schaffer JI, Wai CY, "The natural history of posterior vaginal wall support after abdominal sacrocolpopexy with and without posterior colporrhaphy." American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007
Rahn DD, Marinis SI, Schaffer JI, Corton MM, "Anatomical path of the tension-free vaginal tape: Reassessing current teachings." American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006
Wieslander CK, Rahn DD, McIntire DD, Marinis SI, Wai CY, Schaffer JI, Corton MM., "Vascular anatomy of the presacral space in unembalmed female cadavers" American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006
Marinis, S.I., Boreham, M.K., Keller, P., Wai, C., Corton, M.M., Nihira, M.A., Schaffer, J.I., Word RA, "Expression of human macrophage elastase in vaginal muscularis of women with pelvic organ prolapse" American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2006
Schaffer JI, Bloom SL, Casey BM, McIntire DD, Nihira MA, Leveno KJ, "A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs. uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function." American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2005
 
 SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
 
Boreham MK, Wai CY, Miller RT, Schaffer JI, Word RA, "Morphometric properties of the posterior vaginal wall in women with pelvic organ prolapse" Am J Obstet Gynecol, 187:1501-9, 2002
Carley ME, Schaffer JI, "Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women with Marfan or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" Am J Obstet Gynecol, 182:1021-3, 2000
Boreham MK, Wai CY, Schaffer JI, Word RA, "Morphometric analysis of smooth muscle in the anterior vaginal wall of women with pelvic organ prolapse" Am J Obstet Gynecol, 187:56-63, 2002
Schaffer JI, Word A, "Hysterectomy: Still a useful operation" N Engl J Med, 347:1360-2, 2002
Boreham MK, Miller RT, Schaffer JI, Word RA, "Smooth muscle myosin heavy chain and caldesmon expression in the anterior vaginal wall of women with and without pelvic organ prolapse" Am J Obstet Gynecol, 185:944-52, 2001
 
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