Pelvic Health

Diane K. Newman, DNP FAAN BCB-PMD is an Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the Medical Director of Digital Science Press. For over 35 years, she practiced as a nurse practitioner in urology, specializing in the evaluation, treatment, and conservative management of urinary incontinence and related pelvic disorders, including the use of catheters, products, and other devices in the management of bladder dysfunction. She is an internationally recognized expert specializing in pelvic floor dysfunction and the use of conservative treatments. She has educated nurses and other health care professionals on conservative treatments for lower urinary tract dysfunction and co-authored the first edition of the SUNA Core Curriculum for Urologic Nursing. Dr Newman is currently involved in translational research including in her role as Principal Investigator of the NIH NIDDK Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium, PENN+PLUS Clinical Research Center. She is co-investigator on the NIA An integrated exercise and bladder training intervention to reduce falls in older women with urinary incontinence and the NIH Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Clinical Sites. She is the author of more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed medical and nursing journals and has authored dozens of book chapters and seventeen books on urinary incontinence including textbooks for students, guides for clinicians, and resource books for patients and caregivers.