This 90-minute interactive discussion will be moderated by Victor Nitti, M.D. and 3 insightful cases presented by a panel of FPMRS specialists. Our distinguished panel members will present the complex cases in detail, sharing best practices, new findings, and available solutions to better help patients. 

Victor Nitti, MD, FPMRS (Moderator)

Dr. Victor W. Nitti is Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Shlomo Raz Chair in Urology as well as the Chief of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) and is the fellowship director for that ACGME accredited program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Nitti was Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Vice Chairman of Urology at New York University Langone Medical Center where he was also the FPMRS fellowship director. Dr. Nitti is a graduate of the University of Rochester and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He completed his urology residency at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY and then completed a fellowship in female urology, neurourology and reconstructive urology at UCLA.

Benjamin Brucker, MD, FPMRS
Benjamin M Brucker MD is an Associate Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University, Langone Health. He completed his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania, his residency at the Hospital of The University of Penn., Urology, and his fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at NYU Langone. He currently is the Program Director and Division Chief for FPMRS and Neurourology at NYU Langone. Dr. Brucker has research interest in overactive bladder, the treatment of male and female incontinence, prolapse, urodynamics, and neurourology.

Catherine Matthews, MD, FACS, FACOG, FPMRS
Dr. Catherine A. Matthews is Professor, Division Head, and Fellowship Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery in the Departments of Urology and Ob/Gyn at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Matthews received her medical degree from the University of Virginia, where she served as president of the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, and graduated Valedictorian of her class. She completed her residency and specialty training in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Urogynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. She is a Board-Certified specialist in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Matthews serves as Editor of the International Urogynecology Journal and as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Matthews is actively involved in research regarding surgical techniques for prolapse and incontinence repair, treatment options for accidental bowel leakage, and innovative therapies for stress urinary incontinence. She has received numerous teaching awards and is invited to lecture nationally and internationally on surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse, perineal trauma, and robotic surgery.

Saya Segal, MD, MSCE, FACOG, FPMRS
Dr. Saya Segal is a urogynecologist who specializes in the care of women with pelvic floor weakness resulting in conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse and bladder dysfunction. The network of pelvic structures which normally support a woman's uterus, bladder and rectum may weaken with progressing age, childbirth, obesity and other factors resulting in conditions such as cystocele, rectocele, uterine prolapse, urinary and fecal incontinence, bladder dysfunction and defecatory dysfunction. Dr. Segal is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. After completing Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at New York University Medical Center, she completed an accredited three-year fellowship in Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Segal joined New York-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medicine in 2017 as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Segal worked in the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.