Melissa Kaufman

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March 11, 2026

Clinical trial to test implant for stress urinary incontinence in men

SUI, or involuntary urinary leakage, affects an estimated 40 million Americans and 90 million Europeans.

By Craig Boerner
Joseph Smith Jr., MD
December 12, 2024

Vanderbilt urologists bring home AUA awards

Smith will receive the career achievement recognition awarded annually to an individual who is deemed to have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology.

By Craig Boerner
March 11, 2024

Phase 3 CELLEBRATE trial testing regenerative stem cell-based therapy to improve urinary control for women

The Phase 3 CELLEBRATE trial to test a regenerative stem cell-based therapy in treating patients with stress urinary incontinence is continuing to recruit additional subjects after changing its study protocol to include only patients who have already tried surgery. 

By Craig Boerner
Roger Dmochowski, MD, with Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Urology fellows Stephanie Gleicher, MD, MPH, left, who graduates in June, and Rosa Park, MD.
March 30, 2023

Urology fellowship program celebrated after 20 years

The urology fellowship training program focused on women’s urologic health and reconstruction, known as Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and graduating its 20th fellow in June at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Craig Boerner
April 14, 2021

Rodes and Patricia Hart establish second chair in Department of Urology

H. Rodes Hart, BA’54, and Patricia Ingram Hart, BA’57, whose generous gifts continue to advance the mission of Vanderbilt as one of the world’s great universities for learning and discovery, have endowed a second chair in Urologic Surgery.

By Ann Marie Deer Owens
March 8, 2021

Stimulation device helps patients with bladder disorders reprogram

A neurostimulator surgically implanted above the buttocks to reprogram how the bladder senses the filling of urine is helping patients with debilitating bladder and bowel disorders that are often life-limiting.

By Craig Boerner
January 21, 2021

Physician volunteers assisting families of COVID patients

Physicians from all specialties across Vanderbilt University Medical Center are volunteering their time to communicate daily with family members of patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit.
By Nancy Humphrey
March 23, 2017

Urology association honors Kaufman

Melissa Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Urologic Surgery, received the 2017 Zimskind Award at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Winter Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.
By Craig Boerner
April 2, 2014

VU study tracks urinary incontinence therapy

More than 15 million women in the United States are impacted by stress urinary incontinence (SUI) at a cost of nearly $20 billion a year to treat.
By Jessica Pasley