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Jeanette Brown, M.D.

Urogynecologist

Dr. Jeanette Brown is a urogynecologist and the director of research for the Women's Continence Center, located at the Women's Health Center at Mount Zion. Brown founded the center to offer an integrated and comprehensive approach to problems related to pelvic floor dysfunction. A graduate of Rutgers Medical School, Brown completed her residency at Kaiser in Santa Clara. Brown specializes in urogynecology and devotes her practice to women's urinary incontinence.

Clinics

Women's Continence Center
2356 Sutter St., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1754
Phone: (415) 885-7788
Toll-free: (877) 366-8532
Fax: (415) 353-9550

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

Rutgers Medical School 1980

Residencies

Kaiser Santa Clara, Obstetrics and Gynecology 1986

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Imhoff LR, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Subak LL, Van den Eeden SK, Thom DH, Varma MG, Huang AJ. Fecal incontinence decreases sexual quality of life, but does not prevent sexual activity in women. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Oct; 55(10):1059-65.
  2. Copeland KL, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Van Den Eeden SK, Subak LL, Thom DH, Ferrara A, Huang AJ. Diabetes mellitus and sexual function in middle-aged and older women. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Aug; 120(2 Pt 1):331-40.
  3. Feldman MD, Steinauer JE, Khalili M, Huang L, Kahn JS, Lee KA, Creasman J, Brown JS. A mentor development program for clinical translational science faculty leads to sustained, improved confidence in mentoring skills. Clin Transl Sci. 2012 Aug; 5(4):362-7.
  4. Huang AJ, Hess R, Arya LA, Richter HE, Subak LL, Bradley CS, Rogers RG, Myers DL, Johnson KC, Gregory WT, Kraus SR, Schembri M, Brown JS. Pharmacologic treatment for urgency-predominant urinary incontinence in women diagnosed using a simplified algorithm: a randomized trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 May; 206(5):444.e1-11.
  5. Huang AJ, Brown JS, Boyko EJ, Moore EE, Scholes D, Walter LC, Lin F, Vittinghoff E, Fihn SD. Clinical significance of postvoid residual volume in older ambulatory women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Aug; 59(8):1452-8.
  6. Thom DH, Brown JS, Schembri M, Ragins AI, Creasman JM, Van Den Eeden SK. Parturition events and risk of urinary incontinence in later life. Neurourol Urodyn. 2011 Nov; 30(8):1456-61.
  7. Rortveit G, Subak LL, Thom DH, Creasman JM, Vittinghoff E, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS. Urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in a population-based, racially diverse cohort: prevalence and risk factors. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2010 Sep; 16(5):278-83.
  8. Doshi AM, Van Den Eeden SK, Morrill MY, Schembri M, Thom DH, Brown JS. Women with diabetes: understanding urinary incontinence and help seeking behavior. J Urol. 2010 Oct; 184(4):1402-7.
  9. Thom DH, Brown JS, Schembri M, Ragins AI, Subak LL, Van Den Eeden SK. Incidence of and risk factors for change in urinary incontinence status in a prospective cohort of middle-aged and older women: the reproductive risk of incontinence study in Kaiser. J Urol. 2010 Oct; 184(4):1394-401.
  10. Johnson MO, Subak LL, Brown JS, Lee KA, Feldman MD. An innovative program to train health sciences researchers to be effective clinical and translational research mentors. Acad Med. 2010 Mar; 85(3):484-9.
  11. Whitcomb EL, Rortveit G, Brown JS, Creasman JM, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Subak LL. Racial differences in pelvic organ prolapse. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec; 114(6):1271-7.
  12. Daneshgari F, Brown JS, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM. Urological complications of obesity and diabetes. J Urol. 2009 Dec; 182(6 Suppl):S1.
  13. Phelan S, Grodstein F, Brown JS. Clinical research in diabetes and urinary incontinence: what we know and need to know. J Urol. 2009 Dec; 182(6 Suppl):S14-7.
  14. Wang J, Varma MG, Creasman JM, Subak LL, Brown JS, Thom DH, van den Eeden SK. Pelvic floor disorders and quality of life in women with self-reported irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Feb 1; 31(3):424-31.
  15. Huang AJ, Subak LL, Thom DH, Van Den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Kuppermann M, Shen H, Brown JS. Sexual function and aging in racially and ethnically diverse women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Aug; 57(8):1362-8.
  16. Frick AC, Huang AJ, Van den Eeden SK, Knight SK, Creasman JM, Yang J, Ragins AI, Thom DH, Brown JS. Mixed urinary incontinence: greater impact on quality of life. J Urol. 2009 Aug; 182(2):596-600.
  17. Phelan S, Kanaya AM, Subak LL, Hogan PE, Espeland MA, Wing RR, Burgio KL, Dilillo V, Gorin AA, West DS, Brown JS. Prevalence and risk factors for urinary incontinence in overweight and obese diabetic women: action for health in diabetes (look ahead) study. Diabetes Care. 2009 Aug; 32(8):1391-7.
  18. Feldman MD, Huang L, Guglielmo BJ, Jordan R, Kahn J, Creasman JM, Wiener-Kronish JP, Lee KA, Tehrani A, Yaffe K, Brown JS. Training the next generation of research mentors: the University of California, San Francisco, Clinical & Translational Science Institute Mentor Development Program. Clin Transl Sci. 2009 Jun; 2(3):216-21.
  19. Sarma AV, Kanaya A, Nyberg LM, Kusek JW, Vittinghoff E, Rutledge B, Cleary PA, Gatcomb P, Brown JS. Risk factors for urinary incontinence among women with type 1 diabetes: findings from the epidemiology of diabetes interventions and complications study. Urology. 2009 Jun; 73(6):1203-9.
  20. Sarma AV, Kanaya AM, Nyberg LM, Kusek JW, Vittinghoff E, Rutledge B, Cleary PA, Gatcomb P, Brown JS. Urinary incontinence among women with type 1 diabetes--how common is it? J Urol. 2009 Mar; 181(3):1224-30; discussion 1230.

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