Kristene
E. Whitmore, M.D.
Dr. Kristene E. Whitmore is medical director of the
Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute in
Philadelphia
,
PA.
She is chair of urology and
female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery as well as professor
of urology and OBGYN at Drexel University College of Medicine, and
program director for the
University
of
Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive
Surgery fellowship.
Dr. Whitmore is the founder/director of the Pelvic and Sexual Health
Institute of Philadelphia where she functions as lead
clinician/researcher/consultant/medical educator. She has trained over
90 residents and fellows in female urology and pelvic floor
reconstruction and has 9,500 Interstitial Cystitis patients.
Dr. Whitmore has clinical research interests in urinary incontinence,
voiding dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, female sexual dysfunction
and pelvic floor disorders. She
has been published extensively in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal
of Urology, Urology, American Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology and International Journal
of Urogynecology. Dr.
Whitmore is the author of Overcoming Bladder Disorders:
Compassionate, Authoritative Medical and Self-Help Solutions for
Incontinence, Cystitis, Interstitial Cystitis – and has
been a contributor in the lay press including Prevention Magazine,
Cosmo, Ladies Home Journal, US News & World Report and
others. She is a frequent guest on national television and has been
featured on the “Good Morning America” and
“This Morning” programs.
Dr. Whitmore serves on the advisory boards of: the National
Association for Continence, the Simon Foundation, the Interstitial
Cystitis Association, and the Women’s Health Foundation. She also
serves on the government relations committee of the American
Urogynecologic Society.
Dr. Whitmore earned her medical degree from
Hahnemann
University
and completed her urology residency at U.C.L.A. She is board certified
by the American Board of Urology.
