Nissrine Nakib, MD

Nissrine Nakib, MD is the Director of Pelvic Floor Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nakib has a busy clinical practice that entails caring for patients with pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain, recurrent urinary tract infections, as well as those with spinal cord injuries and neurogenic bladders. As lead of the Urology Department’s Quality Control she works hard to establish safety and quality measures in order to ensure patients get the best possible care. Additionally, she conducts clinical and translational research with focus on sacral nerve modulation and other urinary disorder treatments. Education is an integral part of her role at the University and she enjoys teaching residents and medical students about Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstruction through mentoring, didactic sessions, and anatomical training labs. Furthermore, she strives to increase public awareness and educate her patients on urological issues in women. Gender and other equity issues are an important topic to Dr. Nakib and she values her work as the Chair of The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the Urology Department. She is also a member of the American Urological Association North Central Section Committee for Women. Last year she joined The Strategic Communication and Collaboration Action Committee in The Center for Women in Medicine and Science. Dr. Nakib was voted as the Chair of this committee and looks forward to accomplishing great things in her new role.

• Dias N, Peng Y, Khavari R, Nakib NA, Sweet RM, Timm GW, Erdman AG, Boone TB, Zhang Y. Pelvic floor dynamics during high-impact athletic activities: A computational modeling study.Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2017 Jan.
• Peng Y, Khavari R, Nakib NA, Boone TB, Zhang Y.Assessment of urethral support using MRI-derived computational modeling of the female pelvis.Int Urogynecol J. 2016 Feb
• Peng Y, Khavari R, Nakib NA, Stewart JN, Boone TB, Zhang Y. The Single-Incision Sling to Treat Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Dynamic Computational Study of Outcomes and Risk Factors. J Biomech Eng. 2015 Sep
• Nakib N, Siegel S. Neuromodulation versus neurotoxin for the treatment of refractory detrusor overactivity: for neuromodulation. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2008 Mar
  
• Nakib N, Siegel S: Neuromodulation vs Neurotoxin for the Treatment of Refractory Detrusor Overactivity. Nat Clin Pract Urol. Jan 2008.