New York Urologist Advocates for Patients in Landmark Mesh Sling Trial - Honored by Worldwide Registry of Professionals, Executives and Entrepreneurs

    NEW YORK, NY, January 22, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Jerry G. Blaivas, MD was inducted into Worldwide Registry of Professionals, Executives and Entrepreneurs for his contributions as a renowned physician, surgeon, educator, editor, writer and researcher.

Dr. Blaivas, Clinical Professor of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical Center, was one of the first to recognize the hazards of vaginal mesh slings and he has become a passionate advocate for patients. He pioneered sling surgery for stress incontinence using natural tissue as the primary operation for women with stress incontinence, and is considered the "go-to" expert for repairing synthetic mesh complications in women.

According to statistics, approximately one-third of women will experience stress urinary incontinence and one out of four women will experience pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when one or more of the pelvic organs - uterus, vagina, urethra, bladder or rectum--shifts downward and bulges into or even out of the vaginal canal.

To correct this problem, synthetic mesh slings were developed and surgically implanted in hundreds of thousands of women across the U.S. The resulting problems women have experienced have led to several clash action suits against the medical device companies where Dr. Blaivas has been called upon to testify as an expert witness. In court he testified that with polypropylene mesh, "The risks do outweigh the benefits!"

Dr. Blaivas is one of the few surgeons who routinely perform reconstructive surgery for prolapse and incontinence without the use of synthetic mesh. He has published extensively on pubovaginal slings, including one of the largest series in the world on treatment of mesh complications.

Dr. Blaivas has a private practice, the URO Center of New York, is a Clinical Professor of Urology of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY, and has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in urology. He is one of the originators of urodynamics (a diagnostic test of bladder function) and has pioneered many of the current diagnostic and surgical procedures to correct stress incontinence, urinary fistulas, urethral diverticulum, overactive bladder and neurogenic bladder.

Among his many awards and accolades is a "Castle Connolly Top Doctor in America" and "Top Doctor New York Metro Area" from the publication's inception in 1992 through to the present. Dr. Blaivas is the Founder and Medical Director of the Institute for Bladder and Prostate Research, a not-for-profit organization that performs clinical research into safety and efficacy of treatments for bladder and prostate conditions. Additionally, he is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Symptelligence Medical Informatics, which specializes in intelligent and integratable patient data and disease management solutions.

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