Casey G. Kowalik, M.D., FACS

Professional Background

I graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2010 and then completed a Urologic Surgery residency at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Following this, I sought further specialization in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery through a two year fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I have been with the Department of Urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center since August 2018.

• MD, Medicine, University of Virginia
• Internship, General Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
• Residency, Urology, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
• Clinical Fellowship, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

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Research

Overview

My research interests include clinical outcomes research for patients with neurogenic bladder, female stress urinary incontinence, and urgency urinary incontinence. I am the sub-PI for a Phase III clinical trial using autologous muscle-derived cells for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

• CELLEBRATE: An Adaptive, Two-Stage, Double-Blind, Stratified, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of AMDC-USR with Placebo in Female Subjects with Stress Urinary Incontinence., NIH, Site-PI

• Malik Rena, Kowalik Casey G. 2019. Patient education for overactive bladder in the digital era. Curr Bladder Dys Reports (14), 186-190
• Niu Sida, Griebling Tomas L, Kowalik Casey G. 2020. Impact of frailty on treatment of pelvic floor disorders. Curr Bladder Dys Reports (15), 121-126
• Kowalik CG, Daily A, Goodridge SD, Hartigan SM, Kaufman MR, Fowke JH, Dmochowski RR, Reynolds WS. 2020. Factors associated with urinary incontinence in a community sample of young nulligravid women.. Neurourology and urodynamics, 39 (5), 1430-1436
• Dropkin BM, Kowalik CG, Jaunarena JH, Delpe SD, Reynolds WS, Dmochowski RR, Kaufman MR. 2019. Proximal location of explanted midurethral slings is associated with urinary storage symptoms.. Neurourology and urodynamics, 38 (6), 1611-1615
• Kowalik CG, Dmochowski RR, De EJB. 2019. Surgery for female SUI: The ICI algorithm.. Neurourology and urodynamics, 38 Suppl 4, S21-S27
• Cohn JA, Kowalik CG, Reynolds WS, Kaufman MR, Milam DF, Dmochowski RR, Wein AJ. 2017. Desmopressin acetate nasal spray for adults with nocturia.. Expert review of clinical pharmacology, 10 (12), 1281-1293
• Kowalik CG, Cohn JA, Delpe S, Kaufman MR, Wein A, Dmochowski RR, Reynolds WS. 2018. Painful Bladder Symptoms Related to Somatic Syndromes in a Convenience Sample of Community Women with Overactive Bladder Symptoms.. The Journal of urology, 200 (6), 1332-1337
• Daily AM, Kowalik CG, Delpe SD, Kaufman MR, Dmochowski RR, Reynolds WS. 2019. Women With Overactive Bladder Exhibit More Unhealthy Toileting Behaviors: A Cross-sectional Study.. Urology, 134, 97-102
• Sosland R, Kowalik CA, Cohn JA, Milam DF, Kaufman MR, Dmochowski RR, Reynolds WS. 2019. Nonclinical Barriers to Care for Neurogenic Patients Undergoing Complex Urologic Reconstruction.. Urology, 124, 271-275
• Reynolds Williams S, Kowalik Casey G, Kaufman Melissa R, Dmochowski Roger R, Fowke Jay H. 2020. Women’s perceptions of public restrooms and the relationships with toileting behaviors and bladder symptoms: a cross-sectional study. J Urol, 204 (2), 310-315