Karen Sasso, MSN, RN, APN, CCCN

A regular contributor to the medical press, Ms. Sasso has authored and coauthored a number of articles on female urinary incontinence, painful bladder, genital prolapse and treatment options.  Her work has appeared in such journals as Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urologic Nursing, RN, The Nurse Practitioner and Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. She has also coauthored a book chapter published in Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology. She has presented at numerous symposia within the United States and abroad including the 29th and 30^th Annual Scientific Meetings of the American Urogynecologic Society in Chicago, Illinois, and Hollywood, Florida, the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Annual Symposium: Disorders of the Bowel, Bladder and Pelvic Floor in New York, NY and the 21^st and 25th International Uro-gynecological Association Conferences in Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria. She is also a reviewer for the journal Urologic Nursing, a committee member for the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board and a Project Advisory Council member for the National Association for Continence.

She is certified by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board as a Certified Continence Care Nurse (CCCN) and licensed in the State of Illinois as an Advanced Practice Nurse.  Ms. Sasso is a member of the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates; the American Urogynecologic Society; the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society; and the International Urogynecological Association. She was presented with the 2004 Continence Care Champion Award by the National Association for Continence and the Urologic Nursing Journal’s 2006-2007 Literary Excellence Award.