Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Residency Training, Ob/Gyn, Emory University 2005 - 2009
  • M.D., University of Miami 2005
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2013 - 2014
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urogynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009 - 2011
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN) Clinical Site awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • Komesu, YM, Amundsen, CL, Richter, HE, Erickson, SW, Ackenbom, MF, Andy, UU, Sung, VW, Albo, M, Gregory, WT, Paraiso, MF, Wallace, D, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pelvic Floor Disorders Network, . "Refractory urgency urinary incontinence treatment in women: impact of age on outcomes and complications." American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 218, no. 1 (January 2018): 111.e1-111.e9.  Full Text
    • Polin, MR, Kawasaki, A, Amundsen, CL, Weidner, AC, and Siddiqui, NY. "Do Mixed-Flora Preoperative Urine Cultures Matter?." Southern medical journal 110, no. 6 (June 2017): 426-429.  Full Text
    • Dieter, AA, Amundsen, CL, Edenfield, AL, Kawasaki, A, Levin, PJ, Visco, AG, and Siddiqui, NY. "Oral antibiotics to prevent postoperative urinary tract infection: a randomized controlled trial." Obstetrics and gynecology 123, no. 1 (January 2014): 96-103.  Full Text
    • Kawasaki, A, Judd, JP, Siddiqui, NY, Wu, JM, and Amundsen, CL. "Impact of staged InterStim implantation on the postoperative activities of daily living and pain." Int Urogynecol J 24, no. 7 (July 2013): 1205-1213.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Kawasaki, A, Corey, EG, Laskey, RA, Weidner, AC, Siddiqui, NY, and Wu, JM. "Obesity as a risk for the recurrence of anterior vaginal wall prolapse after anterior colporrhaphy." J Reprod Med 58, no. 5-6 (May 2013): 195-199.  Link to Item
    • Kawasaki, A, Edenfield, AL, Visco, AG, Wu, JM, Westreich, D, and Siddiqui, NY. "Comparing the risk of urethrolysis for the treatment of voiding dysfunction between two retropubic mesh slings: a case-control study." Int Urogynecol J 24, no. 4 (April 2013): 589-594.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Weidner, AC, Wu, JM, Kawasaki, A, and Myers, ER. "Computer modeling informs study design: vaginal estrogen to prevent mesh erosion after different routes of prolapse surgery." Int Urogynecol J 24, no. 3 (March 2013): 441-445.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Levin, PJ, Wu, JM, Kawasaki, A, Weidner, AC, and Amundsen, CL. "The efficacy of posterior tibial nerve stimulation for the treatment of overactive bladder in women: a systematic review." Int Urogynecol J 23, no. 11 (November 2012): 1591-1597. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Jonsson Funk, M, Siddiqui, NY, Kawasaki, A, and Wu, JM. "Long-term outcomes after stress urinary incontinence surgery." Obstet Gynecol 120, no. 1 (July 2012): 83-90.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Kawasaki, A, Wu, JM, Amundsen, CL, Weidner, AC, Judd, JP, Balk, EM, and Siddiqui, NY. "Do urodynamic parameters predict persistent postoperative stress incontinence after midurethral sling? A systematic review." Int Urogynecol J 23, no. 7 (July 2012): 813-822. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Kawasaki, A, Corey, EG, Laskey, RA, Weidner, AC, Siddiqui, NY, and Wu, JM. "Obesity as a risk for the recurrence of anterior vaginal wall prolapse after anterior colporrhaphy." The Journal of reproductive medicine 58, no. May (2012): 195-199. (Academic Article)
    • Wu, JM, Kawasaki, A, Hundley, AF, Dieter, AA, Myers, ER, and Sung, VW. "Predicting the number of women who will undergo incontinence and prolapse surgery, 2010 to 2050." Am J Obstet Gynecol 205, no. 3 (September 2011): 230.e1-230.e5.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • White, T, Kawasaki, A, Ross, RV, Adam, RA, and Duong, TH. "Correlation of maximum urethral closure pressure with Valsalva leak point pressure using air-charged urodynamic catheters." International Urogynecology Journal 20, no. 9 (September 2009): 1109-1112.  Full Text

  • Other Articles

    • Kawasaki, A, and Amundsen, CL. "UPDATE ON PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION: We need to expand the differential diagnosis for chronic pelvic pain to include pelvic myofascial pain." OBG Management 23, no. 10 (2011). (Academic Article, Review)  Link to Item
    • Kawasaki, A, and Amundsen, CL. "UPDATE: PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION: The authors examine recent literature on sacrocolpopexy: Can the abdominal approach still be considered the standard? And do the alternative approaches measure up?." OBG Management 22, no. 10 (2010): 20-29. (Academic Article)

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