Neil Resnick is Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Pittsburgh and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging. Dr. Resnick has devoted his career to caring for older adults and to studying the causes of incontinence and osteoporosis in this population. Prior to joining our faculty, he spent 20 years at Harvard, where he established the Division of Gerontology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and founded the nation’s first Continence Center.
Dr. Resnick’s research has led to guidelines adopted by the federal government for all incontinent adults, including those in nursing homes. More recently, he was asked to help the World Health Organization to adapt these guidelines for wider use. His work has been honored by awards from the American Urological Association, American Geriatrics Society, International Continence Society, and National Institutes of Health as well as the Simon Foundation for Continence. He has been included in lists of the nation’s best physicians for the past 15 years.
Research Areas of Interest: geriatric voiding dysfunction and urinary incontinence, osteoporosis, delirium and geriatric syndromes
Representative Articles
Resnick NM, Marcantonio ER. How should clinical care of the aged differ? Lancet 1997; 350:1157-1158.
Elbadawi A, Hailemariam S, Yalla SV, Resnick NM. Structural basis of geriatric voiding dysfunction. VII. Prospective ultrastructural/urodynamic evaluation of its natural evolution. J Urol 1997; 157: 1814-1822.
Marcantonio ER, Flacker JM, Wright RJ, Resnick NM. Reducing delirium after hip fracture: A randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001; 49: 516-522.
Miller KM, DuBeau CE, Bergmann M, Griffiths D, Resnick NM. Quest for a detrusor overactivity index.J Urol 2002; 167: 578-585.
Greenspan SL, Resnick NM, Parker RA. Combination therapy with hormone replacement and alendronate for prevention of bone loss in elderly women: A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, three year clinical trial. JAMA 2003; 289: 2525-2533.
Resnick NM, Griffiths DJ. Expanding treatment options for stress urinary incontinence in women. JAMA 2003; 290: 395-397.
Resnick NM, Dosa D. Geriatric Medicine. In: Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL (eds.). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (16th Edition). McGraw-Hill. 2004. |
