Deborah J. Lightner, M.D.

Minnesota

Medical School

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Residency

Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Fellowship

Tumor Immunology Fellow, Section of Urology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Certification

American Board of Urology

Academic Rank

Professor of Urology

Interests

• Female urology/incontinence
• Female pelvic floor medicine and reconstructive surgery
• Spinal cord injury
• Surgical and non-surgical management of female incontinence and voiding problems
• Bladder prolapse
• Research on devices, technologies and pharmaceutical trials for the above mentioned interests
• Urethral cancers
• Urethral melanomas

Professional Highlights

• Chair, Judicial and Ethics Committee, American Urological Association, 2009-present
• Chair, New Research Direction in Urinary Incontinence Symposium, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2009
• Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Urological Association, 2001-2009

Publications

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Research

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