President, Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, 2004-2006.Secretary/Treasurer, Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, 2000-2002.Vice President, Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, 2002-2004.Patient and Family Recognition Award – UT Southwestern 2018.Medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS), one of only a few such programs in The research section of UT Southwestern’s fellowship training in female pelvic collaborators on the UTSW campus, and at UT Health topics related to urology, with NIH grants (R 01 and R 21) inĬollaboration with several Ph.D. Incontinence Treatment Network, a multicenter group at the forefront of clinical trials and He and a team from UT Southwestern were integral members of the National Institutes of Health’s Urinary To incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and recurrent urinary tract infections. Zimmern actively participates in research related He’s also an expert in repairingĬomplications stemming from other procedures performed to repair prolapse, Patient’s own tissues to fix the problem. Pelvic organ prolapse, a condition in which the bladder, uterus, or rectum Zimmern’s particular areas of specialty is vaginal surgery for Wear protection or pads – activities that their conditions might otherwise “I enjoy giving people the chance to sleep at night, to travel, to not have to (and some men), offering solutions that range from rehabilitation to Zimmern treats a variety of conditions that affect women Have to,” he says. "Providing quality of life is the essence of whatĪs Director of the Bladder and Incontinence Treatment Center at UT “Just because your mother and grandmother lived with it, that doesn’t mean you M.D., has a message of hope for people who suffer from incontinence and pelvic He received the inaugural Leaders in Excellence Award at UT He is FPMRS-certified and a member of the American College of
Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and Native Tissue Repair for IncontinenceĪnd Prolapse. He has co-authored more than 365 publications, 28 surgical movies,Īnd 65 book chapters, and co-edited four textbooks, including the books Female Zimmern has been a visiting professor in the United States, Europe, China,Īustralia, and Canada and has editorial and advisory responsibilities for many urology Has been endowed in perpetuity by the Felecia Cain Foundation.ĭr. Zimmern, in association with Gary Lemack,Ĭarmel, M.D., directs a two-year fellowship program in female pelvic medicineĪnd reconstructive surgery (FPMRS) at UT Southwestern. Prestigious Continence Care Champion award from the National Association forĭr. Recipient of the SUFU Distinguished Service Award. The Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) and in 2011 was the Urodynamic Society Award and the Jane and John Justin Distinguished Chair in Urodynamics Laboratory at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles.Īmong several honors, he has been the recipient of the 1997 Paul Zimskind Served as Director of the Urology Research Program and Co-Director of the Zimmern joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 1995. Zimmern spent a fellowship year at UCLA.ĭr. The Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, France. Zimmern received his medical training and completed his doctoral thesis at Surgery with native tissue repair, and in minimally invasive robotic surgeryĭr. Urodynamics, fistula and urethral diverticulum repairs, mesh implantĬomplications, and urinary tract infections. HisĬlinical specialties include incontinence, prolapse, voiding dysfunction, Southwestern Medical Center and the recipient of the Felecia and John CainĬhair for Women’s Health in Urology in honor of Dr.