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Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Heidi Brown is a member of the UW Ob-Gyn Division of Gynecology, and is board-eligible and specializing in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. After graduating magna cum laude with a Liberal Medical Education (Community Health) degree from Brown University in 2000, Dr. Brown pursued her MD at Brown University’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine between 2001 and 2006. During medical school, she also completed a year-long fellowship in Applied Epidemiology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Brown spent 2006 to 2010 as a resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Magee-Women's Hospital. She completed her Fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of California, San Diego, in June 2013 and received her Masters in Advanced Studies (Clinical Research) degree in March 2013 from the same institution. Her primary research focus is on barriers to care-seeking for pelvic floor disorders.
Dr. Brown is a member of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) Publications Committee, among other professional associations, and a recipient of numerous academic awards, scholarships, and research and training grants in the areas of Community and Women's Health and Gynecologic Surgery. Among many other honors, Dr. Brown was selected as the Berlex Best Second Year Resident Teacher by first year residents in her program, and received the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) President's Award for Outstanding Research in Gynecologic Surgery.
Dr. Brown volunteers as a visiting faculty member at Georgetown Public Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, where she teaches urogynecology to Ob-Gyn residents. She looks forward to taking part in similar work in Ethiopia through the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Clinics
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Fellowship |
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA |
| Residency |
Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
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| Medical School |
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
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Brown HW Braun EJ Wise ME Myers S Li Z Sampene E Jansen SM Moberg DP Mahoney JE Rogers RG
Small-Group, Community-Member Intervention for Urinary and Bowel Incontinence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol . 2019 Sep;134(3):600-610
[PubMed ID: 31403596]
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Richter HE Dunivan G Brown HW Andy U Dyer KY Rardin C Muir T McNevin S Paquette I Gutman RE Quiroz L Wu J
A 12-Month Clinical Durability of Effectiveness and Safety Evaluation of a Vaginal Bowel Control System for the Nonsurgical Treatment of Fecal Incontinence. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg . 2019 Mar Apr;25(2):113-119
[PubMed ID: 30807411]
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Brown HW Guan W Schmuhl NB Smith PD Whitehead WE Rogers RG
If We Don't Ask, They Won't Tell: Screening for Urinary and Fecal Incontinence by Primary Care Providers. J Am Board Fam Med . 2018 Sep-Oct;31(5):774-782
[PubMed ID: 30201674]
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Antosh DD High R Brown HW Oliphant SS Abed H Philip N Grimes CL
Feasibility of prophylactic salpingectomy during vaginal hysterectomy. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2017 Nov;217(5):605.e1-605.e5
[PubMed ID: 28734829]
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Brown HW Wise ME Westenberg D Schmuhl NB Brezoczky KL Rogers RG Constantine ML
Validation of an instrument to assess barriers to care-seeking for accidental bowel leakage in women: the BCABL questionnaire. Int Urogynecol J . 2017 Sep;28(9):1319-1328
[PubMed ID: 28236039]
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Aoki Y Brown HW Brubaker L Cornu JN Daly JO Cartwright R
Urinary incontinence in women. Nat Rev Dis Primers . 2017 Jul 6;3:17042
[PubMed ID: 28681849]
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Brown HW Rogers RG Wise ME
Barriers to seeking care for accidental bowel leakage: a qualitative study. Int Urogynecol J . 2017 Apr;28(4):543-551
[PubMed ID: 27844123]
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Oakley SH Brown HW Yurteri-Kaplan L Greer JA Richardson ML Adelowo A Lindo FM Greene KA Fok CS Book NM Saiz CM Plowright LN Harvie HS Pauls RN
Practice patterns regarding management of rectovaginal fistulae: a multicenter review from the Fellows' Pelvic Research Network. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg . 2015 May-Jun;21(3):123-8
[PubMed ID: 25730438]
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Tan-Kim J Nager CW Grimes CL Luber KM Lukacz ES Brown HW Ferrante KL Dyer KY Kirby AC Menefee SA
A randomized trial of vaginal mesh attachment techniques for minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy. Int Urogynecol J . 2015 May;26(5):649-56
[PubMed ID: 25421934]
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Oakley SH Brown HW Greer JA Richardson ML Adelowo A Yurteri-Kaplan L Lindo FM Greene KA Fok CS Book NM Saiz CM Plowright LN Harvie HS Pauls RN
Management of vesicovaginal fistulae: a multicenter analysis from the Fellows' Pelvic Research Network. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg . 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):7-13
[PubMed ID: 24368481]
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Brown HW Wexner SD Lukacz ES
Factors associated with care seeking among women with accidental bowel leakage. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg . 2013 Mar-Apr;19(2):66-71
[PubMed ID: 23442502]
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Ehsani N Ghafar MA Antosh DD Tan-Kim J Warner WB Mamik MM Brown HW Chung CP Segal S Abed H Murphy M Stolzfus JC Molden SM
Risk factors for mesh extrusion after prolapse surgery: a case-control study. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg . 2012 Nov-Dec;18(6):357-61
[PubMed ID: 23143431]
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Brown HW Wexner SD Segall MM Brezoczky KL Lukacz ES
Quality of life impact in women with accidental bowel leakage. Int J Clin Pract . 2012 Nov;66(11):1109-16
[PubMed ID: 23067035]
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Brown HW Wexner SD Segall MM Brezoczky KL Lukacz ES
Accidental bowel leakage in the mature women's health study: prevalence and predictors. Int J Clin Pract . 2012 Nov;66(11):1101-8
[PubMed ID: 23067034]
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Brown HW Wang L Bunker CH Lowder JL
Lower reproductive tract fistula repairs in inpatient US women, 1979-2006. Int Urogynecol J . 2012 Apr;23(4):403-10
[PubMed ID: 22278712]
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Gerber MA Brown HW Lee G Tanz RR Temte JL Van Beneden CA
Physicians' opinions about critical attributes of a potential group A streptococcal vaccine. Vaccine . 2010 Oct 18;28(44):7155-60
[PubMed ID: 20817014]
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Steinauer J Landy U Filippone H Laube D Darney PD Jackson RA
Predictors of abortion provision among practicing obstetrician-gynecologists: a national survey. Am J Obstet Gynecol . 2008 Jan;198(1):39.e1-6
[PubMed ID: 17981252]
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Natividad-Villanueva GU Santiago E Manalastas RM Jr Brown HW Ingersoll J Caliendo AM Mayer KH Cu-Uvin S
Human immunodeficiency virus in plasma and cervicovaginal secretions in Filipino women. Int J STD AIDS . 2003 Dec;14(12):826-9
[PubMed ID: 14678591]
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Brown H Vallabhaneni S Solomon S Mothi S McGarvey S Jackson T Putcha M Brenner S Mate K Cu-Uvin S
Attitudes towards prenatal HIV testing and treatment among pregnant women in southern India. Int J STD AIDS . 2001 Jun;12(6):390-4
[PubMed ID: 11368821]
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D'Costa J Brown H Kundra P Davis-Warren A Arya S
Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 lentiviral vectors: packaging signal and splice donor in expression and encapsidation. J Gen Virol . 2001 Feb;82(Pt 2):425-34
[PubMed ID: 11161282]