Dr. Noblett

Karen L. Noblett, MD

Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Female Pelvic Medicine
and Reconstructive Surgery
Division of Urogynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of California, Irvine Orange, Calif.

Type of doctor: Urogynecologist
Offering InterStim Therapy since: 1999
Number of patients treated with InterStim Therapy: more than 175
Medical school: University of California (UC), Irvine – Orange, Calif.

Postgraduate training

Residency: UC Irvine Medical Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Fellowships: UC Irvine Medical Center

• Urogynecology
• Pelvic reconstructive surgery

Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

• Electrodiagnostic medicine

Additional degrees

Master of Advanced Studies, Clinical Research
University of California, San Diego

Board certification

American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Clinical interests

• Urinary incontinence
• Bowel incontinence
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Urinary retention
• Pelvic reconstructive surgery
• Electrodiagnostic evaluation of the pelvic floor

Professional accomplishments

• Has participated in more than 40 research studies into bladder control problems and other women’s health issues, often as principal investigator
• Has given more than 100 presentations at hospitals and medical meetings nationwide and in Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom
• Author of textbook chapters and more than 40 articles and abstracts in medical journals
• Included in Guide to America's Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Consumers' Research Council of America, 2008 ed.
• Included in Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc., 2008-2009 and 2007-2008 databases

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