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Clinical Offices: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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Philadelphia Pa 19104 Clinical Telephone: 215-662-8699 Clinical Fax: 215-243-2060
William I. Jaffe, MD is an assistant professor of surgery/urology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. He received his medical degree and completed his urology residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went on to complete a fellowship in voiding dysfunction, incontinence and neuro-urology at New York-Presbyterian Hospitals. He was an attending urologist at Temple University from 2005-2008 where he was co-director of the Women's Pelvic Health Center.
Dr. Jaffe has served as a faculty member for the American Urological Association's course on Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and has lectured and published on BPH, male and female incontinence, and lower urinary tract diseases. His clinical expertise includes laser surgery for BPH, surgical treatments for male and female incontinence, and reconstructive urology.
Urinary frequency
Urgency
Slow Stream
Nocturia
Overactive Bladder
Voiding Dysfunction
Urinary Incontinence in Men and Women
Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence
Stress Urinary Incontinence
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Cystocele
Vesicovaginal Fistula
Urethral Diverticulum
Neuro-urology (Patients with)
Clinical Instructor in Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York
2005 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Urology
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 - 2008
Assistant Professor of Gynecology
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Assistant Professor of Urology in Surgery at PPMC and HUP
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hospital and Administrative Appointments
2006 - 2008
Staff Physician, Temple University Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 - 2008
Co-Director, Women’s Pelvic Health Center
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Active Physician
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Attending Physician
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Attending Staff Urologist
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Active Staff Urologist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 - present
Active Staff Urologist
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education/Training
1988 - 1992
BA, University of Pennsylvania
(Economics)
1993 - 1994
University of Pennsylvania
(post-baccalaureate studies)
1995 - 1999
MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments
1999 - 2000
Surgical Internship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 - 2004
Urology Residency
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 - 2005
Neurourology/Voiding Dysfunction Fellowship
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Memberships/Societies
National/International Societies
American Urological Association- 2000
Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons- 2005
Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology- 2006
Research
Publications
Original Papers
Elliot MA, Walter GA, Gulish H, Sadi AS, Lawson DD, Jaffe WI, Insko EK,
Leigh JS, Vandenborne K: Volumetric Measurement of Human Calf Muscle from Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Magma 5(2):93-8, Jun. 1997
William I. Jaffe, Christopher S. Cooper, Jamlik O Johnson, Andrew J. Kirsch:
Ovarian Torsion Mimicking Urologic Disease. Journal of Urology
160: 2160, Dec. 1998.
Cooper CS, Jaffe WI, Huff DS, Canning DA, Zderic SA, Meadows AT
D’Angio GJ, Snyder HM 3rd: The Role of Renal Salvage Procedures
for Bilateral Wilms Tumor: a 15-year Review. Journal of Urology
163(1):265-8, Jan. 2000
McAllister, M, Bhayani, SB, Ong, A, Jaffe, WI; Malkowicz, SB, VanArsdalen, Chow GK, Jarrett TW: Vena Cava Transection During Retroperitoneoscopic Nephrectomy: Report of the Complication and Review of the Literature. Journal of Urology 172(1): 183-5, July 2004
Jaffe WI, Te AE: Overactive bladder in the male patient: Epidemiology, Etiology, Evaluation and Treatment. Current Urology Reports 2005. 6: 410-418.
Lebed B, Jaffe WI, Te AE: Sexual Side Effects of Surgical Therapy for BPH. Current Sexual Health Reports 2006. 3: 76-82.
Lebovitch S, Jaffe WI: Is There a Role for Minimally Invasive Thermotherapy for the Treatment of Chronic Prostatitis? Current Prostate Reports 2006. 4: 100-104.
Rothman JR, Jaffe WI: Prostatitis: Updates on diagnostic evaluation. Current Urology Reports 2007. 8(4): 301-306.
Rothman J, Greenberg RE, Jaffe WI: Nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis 9 years after a germ cell tumor of the pineal gland: case report and review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Urology, 2008. 15(3): 4122-4.
Brucker B, Jaffe WI: Use of Urodynamics to Guide Surgical Therapy in BPH/LUTS. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports, 2009. In press.
"Prevalence of Urinary Symptoms Among Morbidly Obese and Change Subsequent to Bariatric Surgery"- Vani
"Pelvic Anatomy on Pre-Operative MRI Can Predict Early Continence after
Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP)." In Press. J Endo
Treatment of Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction: An Update. In Press. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports.
Chapters
Jaffe WI, Rovner ES: Urethral Diverticula and other Periurethral Masses. In Vaginal Surgery for Incontinence and Prolapse. Zimmern PE (ed.). In Press
Jaffe WI, Kaplan SA: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. In Atlas of the Prostate, 3rd Ed. Scardino PT, Slawin K (eds.). 2006
The Role of Renal Salvage Procedures for Bilateral Wilms Tumor: a 15-year Review. Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association. Dallas, Texas, May 1999.
Dual Placement of an Artificial Urinary Sphincter (AUS) and a Urolume Stent for Male Sphincteric Incontinence (SUI) and Recurrent Bladder Neck Contracture (BNC): 7 Year Results. Presented at the 2005 Annual SUFU Meeting. Orlando, Florida, February 2005.
Long-Term Follow-up on Urolume Stent and Artificial Urinary Sphincter for Bladder Neck Contracture and Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence. Presented at the 2005 Mid-Atlantic American Urological Association Sectional Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, October 2005.
Impact of Decline in Transurethral Resection of the Prostate During Residency Training: Data from ACGME Case Logs. Presented at the 2009 Annual SUFU Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, February 2009.
Urethral length as measured on MRI is associated with time to continence. Presented at the 2009 Annual AUA Meeting. Chicago, IL, April 2009.
Artificial Urinary Sphincter cadaver Model- SUFU February 2010.
Resident anatomy teaching poster- SUFU February 2010.
Cadaveric Model of AdVance Male Sling- AUA May 2010, San Francisco
Invited Lectures
“Urodynamics for the Female Patient”. Grand Rounds for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital. September, 2005.
“Prostatitis: Behavioral and Surgical Therapies”. American Urological Association BPH Course. Washington, D.C. December, 2005.
“LUTS: Sexual Function and Dysfunction with Medical and Surgical Treatment”. American Urological Association BPH Course. Washington, D.C. December 2005
“What Surgery for BPH Should I Master? Electrovaporization”. Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology. Bahamas. February 2006.
“Office-Based BPH Therapies”. Division of Urology Grand Rounds, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. February 9, 2006.
“Advances in Overactive Bladder”. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Jeanes Hospital. Philadelphia, PA. September 20, 2006.
“Updates in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia”. Temple University Family Practice Review Course. Lancaster, PA. September 28, 2006.
“Lower Urinary Tract for the Gynecologist”. Grand Rounds, Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University Hospital. Philadelphia, PA. October 10, 2007
“Urinary Incontinence”. Ambulatory Conference, Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital. Philadelphia, PA. October 15, 3007
“Laser Therapy for BPH”. Mid-Atlantic American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Bermuda. October 19, 2007
“Autologous Fascial Pubovaginal Slings” Pelvic Floor Review Series CME Course. Geisinger Health System. Danville, PA. October 24, 2007.
Guest Faculty Member, American Urological Association BPH Course. San Francisco, CA. December 1-2, 2007.
“Point-Counterpoint: Artificial Urinary Sphincter vs. Male Slings for Post- Prostatectomy Incontinence.” Philadelphia Urological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. October 2008.
Faculty Member, American Urological Association BPH Course. “Holmium Laser Treatments for BPH: HoLAP and HoLEP.” New Orleans, LA. March 13-14, 2009.
Grand Rounds, Dept. of Medicine, Taylor Hospital. “Update on BPH”. Philadelphia, PA. April 16, 2009.
SUFU March 2010- Moderate BPH session AUA Webinar- “PostProstatectomy Incontinence” May 4, 2010.
“Treatment of Post-prostatectomy Incontinence”- Focus on Prostate, Bladder, Kidney and Testicular Cancer Meeting, Abramson Cancer Center; September 2010.