Dr. Mark Walters, renowned for a career dedicated to the greater understanding and treatment of urogynecological issues, was named the 2015 Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award recipient by the National Association for Continence (NAFC), the country’s largest advocacy organization for continence-related health concerns.
Established in 2000 to recognize health care providers who serve as role models to others for outstanding contributions in research, education and clinical practice, NAFC’s Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award raises awareness among a variety of professional societies and elevates the importance of addressing incontinence.
Established in 2000 to recognize health care providers who serve as role models to others for outstanding contributions in research, education and clinical practice, NAFC’s Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award raises awareness among a variety of professional societies and elevates the importance of addressing incontinence.
National Bladder Health Week is November 10-16th, 2014. This year NAFC is observing the whole month of November as Bladder Health Awareness Month by offering free online resources and events designed to help individuals learn about prevention, treatment and management options associated with common bladder conditions and inspire them to get active in the name of better bladder health.
In recognition of National Bladder Health Week, NAFC and Cinebarre Mt. Pleasant have teamed up to present "Lights, Camera, Take Action: A Girls Night Out for Bladder and Pelvic Health - an event designed to encourage women to take charge of their bladder and pelvic health and celebrate the power of female connection.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Rebecca G. Rogers, MD with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award at the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) joint scientific meeting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, July 24, 2014
The National Association for Continence (NAFC) has updated the Male Stress Urinary Incontinence content at www.nafc.org to include additional resources about the diagnosis, treatment and management of Male Stress Urinary Incontinence.
NAFC presented Donna L. Thompson, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CCCN with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award at The Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) 2014 Annual Symposium for Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Disorders in Colorado Springs, CO on March 15, 2014.
NAFC presented Alan J. Wein, MD, FACS, PhD(hon) with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award at the SUFU 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been designated a Center of Excellence: Continence Care (COE) due to its oustanding Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) has reaccredited the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Continence and Urogynecology Care Clinics as a Center of Excellence for Continence Care.
Steven G. Gregg, PhD has been named NAFC's new Executive Director.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is hosting free educational events during National Bladder Health Week, November 11 – 15.
NAFC presented Mickey Karram, MD, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award.
The National Association For Continence announced findings from a new, nationwide survey of women about overactive bladder (OAB).
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is hosting free educational events during National Bladder Health Week, November 12-16, 2012.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is conducting an anonymous online survey to understand the perceptions women, age 40-65, have about overactive bladder (OAB) and what they are prepared to do about its symptoms.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) has designated the Women’s Pelvic Health & Continence Center and The Woman’s Hospital of Texas as a Center of Excellence (COE): Continence Care in Women.
A council headed by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) released its recommended national quality performance standards for disposable adult absorbent products for incontinence.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) has designated the Section of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in the OB/GYN & Women’s Health Institute and the Colorectal Surgery in the Digestive Disease Institute at the Cleveland Clinic as a Center of Excellence (COE): Continence Care for Women.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Margaret “Amy” Hull, RNC, MSN, WHCNP, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Philippe Zimmern, MD, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) announced the Most Innovative New Product award in the 2011-2012 issue of DISCOVERIES®, a directory of the newest products and services for people living in the US with bladder and bowel control problems.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) announces its launch a new website in support of its Bladder Health Awareness campaign.
Research by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) about nocturia in middle-aged American women appears in the current issue of Urologic Nursing
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) presented Tamara Dickinson, RN, CURN, CCCN, BCB-PMD, with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Gamal Ghoniem, MD, with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) announced the election of four new members and the re-election of one member to its Board of Directors, each for three-year terms beginning in November 2010.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is heading a newly formed council with the objective of establishing national, independent quality standards for disposable adult absorbent products provided by states to Medicaid waiver recipients.
Nancy Muller, PhD, executive director of the National Association For Continence (NAFC) appeared, as an expert panelist, on a television episode of Second Opinion, about fecal incontinence.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) along with Natividad Medical Foundation and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas (CSVS) jointly brought a public health education and awareness message recently to Monterey County, CA expanding outreach to Hispanic communities to include migrant farm workers in the area.
Research by the National Association For Continence (NAFC) about the frustration endured by middle-aged women, who have overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, will be published in the inaugural issue of Annals of Urology from San Lucas Medical.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) along with Natividad Medical Foundation and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas (CSVS) will be hosting an educational forum in Spanish for migrant farm workers in Monterey County, California.
Jeannine McCormick, RN, MSN, CRNP, received NAFC's first Shining Star Award.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) will support and educate our nation’s injured veterans about management and treatment options for intermittent self-catheterization and continence care following spinal cord injuries.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is holding a free educational webinar.
Executive director of The National Association For Continence (NAFC), spoke to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in support of a Premarket Approval Application (PMAA) of Uromedica, Inc.’s Adjustable Continence Therapy (ACT®) device.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Leslie Saltzstein Wooldridge, MSN, RNCS, GNP-BC, and Francie Bernier, PhD, MSN, RNC with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) has released a new consumer educational resource, focusing on catheterization procedures and care in the United States.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) awarded Shlomo Raz, MD, with the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is holding its fourth webinar in a series of webinars stemming from their October 2009 educational women’s forum.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is offering free, monthly educational webinars stemming from their educational women’s forum, Lifelong Bladder Health & Pelvic Support, which was held in San Francisco on October 3, 2009.
The National Association For Continence (NAFC) is offering free, monthly educational webinars stemming from their educational women’s forum, Lifelong Bladder Health & Pelvic Support.
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