Dr. Joseph Ira Schaffer MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist)
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390About
When Joseph Schaffer, M.D., joined UT Southwestern Medical Center in 1997, he was the first fellowship-trained urogynecologis t in Dallas. Today there are many more, in part because Dr. Schaffer helps ...
Education and Training
Univ of Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1987
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Morphometric analysis of smooth muscle in the anterior vaginal wall of women with pelvic organ prolapse.
- Hysterectomy--still a useful operation.
- Morphometric properties of the posterior vaginal wall in women with pelvic organ prolapse.
- A comprehensive pelvic dissection course improves obstetrics and gynecology resident proficiency in surgical anatomy.
- Multiple vesical calculi and complete vaginal vault prolapse.
- Multiple vaginal wall cysts: diagnosis and surgical management.
- Urethral erosion of tension-free vaginal tape presenting as recurrent stress urinary incontinence.
- Effect of periurethral denervation on smooth muscles of the lower urinary tract.
- Predicting bacteriuria in urogynecology patients.
- Anal incontinence in women presenting for gynecologic care: prevalence, risk factors, and impact upon quality of life.
- Prevalence of severe pelvic organ prolapse in relation to job description and socioeconomic status: a multicenter cross-sectional study.
- The PESSRI study: symptom relief outcomes of a randomized crossover trial of the
- Bilateral ureteric obstruction of a partially duplicated collecting system improves after surgical correction of procidentia: a case report.
- Female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Preface.
- Pathophysiology of pelvic organ prolapse.
Treatments
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Dysuria, Interstitial Cystitis And More
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