Categories: Continence Care Champion
      Date: Mar  3, 2008
     Title: Dr. Rodney Appell, Continence Care Champion

At the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) meeting, National Association For Continence (NAFC) Executive Director Nancy Muller proudly presented Rodney A. Appell, MD, with the organization’s latest Continence Care Champion (CCC) award on Saturday, March 1, in Miami, Florida.

March 3, 2008 (Charleston, SC) — Dr. Appell is a highly respected surgeon in female urology and now joins ranks with only three other SUFU recipients. Pfizer, the makers of Detrol LA, sponsored this award.

The SUFU Board of Directors nominated members of its society who demonstrate leadership in the field of incontinence through accomplishments in research, enrichment of clinical practice, and education. NAFC Board of Directors then chose one recipient from the group of nominees.

Dr. Appell is Professor of Urology and Gynecology and Chief, Division of Voiding Dysfunction and Female Urology, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.  He holds the F. Brantley Scott Chair in Urology at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston. Upon completion of his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, he went on to complete a surgical residency at George Washington University Medical Center and a urology residency at Yale.  In addition to being invited to participate in over 220 lectureships and symposia, Dr. Appell has published over 100 full papers or editorials in peer-reviewed journals, authored nearly four dozen book chapters, and delivered 850 educational talks and presentations both across the U.S. and around the globe. In presenting the award, Ms. Muller enumerated a litany of Dr. Appell’s contributions, concluding her remarks by saying, “Without question, NAFC is a stronger entity because of his involvement over the years.”

Dr. Appell served on the Board of Directors of the National Association For Continence for 18 years, most recently as Vice-Chairman and subsequently, Chairman of the Board. Fellow Board member, Eric Rovner, MD, at the Medical University of South Carolina, said, “Dr. Appell has a level of commitment we can all aspire to attain. Because of his dedication to advancing science in the area of pelvic floor disorders, he continuously improves healthcare for incontinent patients.”