Rose Khavari, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology
Program Director, Urology Residency
Department of Urology
Houston Methodist

Difficulty emptying the bladder (voiding dysfunction) is a morbid and costly condition that leads to urinary tract infections, stones, sepsis and permanent kidney failure. Currently the only available therapy for voiding dysfunction is catheterization which leads to trauma, pain and infection, thus necessitating the development of novel therapies potentially beyond the bladder such as targeting voiding centers in the brain. In this presentation, Dr. Khavari discusses using her unique and proven neuroimaging platform to identify brain regions involved in voiding in patients with neurogenic and non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction and perform targeted cortical stimulation in these areas to modulate and improve bladder emptying.