This webinar is intended for a urogynecologist to feel confident in evaluating and managing lower urinary tract injury. This features interactive media as well as cases to illustrate the objectives.
Dr. Margaret Mueller joined the faculty of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery/Urogynecology as an Assistant Professor in Obstetrics & Gynecology after completing her Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern University. She completed her residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at University of Chicago. She is board-certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Mueller's clinical interests include treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, fecal incontinence, complex urinary and rectal fistulas, and mesh complications. She has worked with expert pediatric surgeons to develop a nationally recognized program, the Collaborative Advanced Reconstructive Evaluation Clinic for Women with Congenital Anomalies, to care for young women with complex congenital anomalies. Increasing numbers of women who underwent complex surgery for cloacal and bladder exstrophy are transitioning to adulthood with unique urologic, obstetric, and gynecologic needs. Dr. Mueller recently earned ABOG Focus Practice Designation for Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology and is on staff at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital as well as Northwestern Medicine.
She is actively involved in Women’s Health Research and has received several national grants to study complex pelvic floor disorders. Most of her research interests focus on surgical outcomes. She is currently the principal investigator in a national, multicenter innovative research network studying the effect of the urinary microbiome on sacral neuromodulation in women with urinary incontinence. She is also studying outcomes of sacral neuromodulation on fecal and urinary incontinence.
Dr. Mueller is enthusiastic about surgical education and is currently a member of the Robotic Education Curriculum Committee as well as the MS 4 Clerkship Director and the FPMRS Program Fellowship Director.
