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Rena Malik, M.D.

Featured Research & Publications

The National Clinical Standard

Updates to Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline (2023)

This clinical guideline provides the essential framework for diagnosing and treating female stress urinary incontinence, establishing the national gold standard for surgical care to ensure the highest levels of patient safety and treatment success.

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The Digital Health Authority

Social Media and Apps in Urology (2023)

This review examines the growing influence of social media and mobile applications on urological practice, highlighting how these digital tools can improve patient education while emphasizing the professional responsibility to provide accurate, ethical, and medically verified information online.

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The Patient Advocate & Economic Impact

Financial Burden of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Women: A Time-driven Activity-based Cost Analysis (2019)

Using a sophisticated cost-analysis model, this study quantifies the significant financial and time-related burdens that chronic urinary tract infections place on women, providing a new perspective for patient counseling and long-term healthcare decision-making.

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The Health Literacy Bridge

An Evaluation of the Readability and Content-Quality of Pelvic Organ Prolapse YouTube Transcripts (2021)

This research evaluates the quality of popular online health videos, revealing that much of the available information is written at a complexity level far beyond the average viewer’s reading capability and stressing the need for clearer, more accessible patient resources.

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The Diagnostic Quality Expert

Are we testing appropriately for low testosterone?: Characterization of tested men and compliance with current guidelines (2015)

This study analyzes clinical testing behaviors for low testosterone, identifying a critical need for better physician education regarding the timing and accuracy of diagnostic tests to ensure patients receive appropriate and timely treatment for hormonal health.

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PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Selected publications authored by Dr. Malik are linked below.

  • Herbert AS, Nemirovsky A, Hess DS, Walter D, Abraham NE, Loeb S, Malik RD. An Evaluation of the Readability and Content-Quality of Pelvic Organ Prolapse YouTube Transcripts. Urology

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33775787/

  • Pace L, Herbert A, Malik RD. Characteristics of pelvic organ prolapse content available on social media. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2021.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33834557/

  • Herbert AH, Nemirovsky A, Hess DS, Walter D, Abraham N, Loeb S, Malik RD. Pelvic Organ Prolapse on YouTube: Evaluation of Consumer Information, BJU International. 2020; 125(6),  759–760

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32039554/

  • Loeb S, Malik RD. “Methodologies in Social Media Research: Where We Are and Where We Still Need to Go?” JCO Oncology Practice. 2022 May 2 (epub).

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35500209/

  • Friedman BJ, Chen I, Asantey K, Loeb S, Kim SP, Malik RD, Karabon P, Wunderlich-Barillas T, Chandrasekar T. Twitter Engagement of Medical Students Applying to Urology Residency During COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Study. Urology. 2022 Jan 18:S0090-4295(22)00026-7. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.11.046. PMID: 35063463.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35063463/

  • Malik RD, Pace L. A Review of Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Pelvic Surgery. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 2020; 15(3), pp. 101–112

Link: https://www.researcher-app.com/paper/5011886

  • Nemirovsky A, Herbert AS, Gorman EF, Malik RD. A systematic review of best practices for the perioperative management of abdominal sacrocolpopexy. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2020 Jun 1; 39(5): 1264-1275.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32469449/

  • Malik RD, Christie A, Zimmern PE. Posterior Compartment Prolapse Occurrence after Anterior Vaginal Wall Suspension. Urology 2019 Nov; 133:84-90.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31425682/

  • Corley EM, Terse P, Paulosky KE, Karsalia M, Nemirovsky A, Malik RD. Patient Frustration with Pelvic Organ Prolapse Education Met with Resilient Response. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2022 Jan;41 (1): 409-415.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34783394/

  • Herbert AS, Nemirovsky A, Hess DS, Walter D, Abraham NE, Loeb S, Malik RD. An Evaluation of the Readability and Content-Quality of Pelvic Organ Prolapse YouTube Transcripts. Urology

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33775787/

  • Pace L, Herbert A, Malik RD. Characteristics of pelvic organ prolapse content available on social media. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2021.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33834557/

  • Herbert AH, Nemirovsky A, Hess DS, Walter D, Abraham N, Loeb S, Malik RD. Pelvic Organ Prolapse on YouTube: Evaluation of Consumer Information, BJU International. 2020; 125(6),  759–760

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32039554/

  • Karsalia M, Malik RD. Evaluation of Free Mobile Health Applications for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence. The American Journal of Surgery. 2022 January; 223(1):187-193.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34391568/

  • Malik RD, Kowalik CG. Patient Education for Overactive Bladder in the Digital Era. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 2019 Sept; 14 (3): 189-190.

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11884-019-00520-z

  • Karsalia M, Malik RD. Evaluation of Free Mobile Health Applications for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence. The American Journal of Surgery. 2022 January; 223(1):187-193.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34391568/

  • Malik RD, Hess DS, Christie A, Carmel ME, Zimmern PE. Domain Comparison Between 6 Validated Questionnaires Administered to Women with Urinary Incontinence. 2019 Oct; 132: 75-80.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31310769/

  • Malik RD, Cohn, J, Fedunok, P, Bales, GT. Assessing Variability of the 24-hour pad weight test in men with post-prostatectomy incontinence. Intl Braz J Urol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 42(2): 327-33.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27256187/

  • Lynch NB, Xu L, Ambinder D, Malik RD. Medical malpractice in stress urinary incontinence management: A 30-year legal database review. Curr Urol, 2021 Sep;15(3):137

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34552452/

  • Malik RD, Wu Y, Zimmern PE. Definition of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Women: Which one to Adopt? Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2018 Nov/Dec; 24(6): 424-429

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29135809/

  • Lee V, Ghodssi R, El-Sayed N, Goloubeva O, Hazen T, Rasko D, Malik RD, Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA14-UM. American Society for Microbiology, 2020 November 12; 9(46).

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33184157/

  • Gaines T, Malik RD. Readability of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Questionnaires. Neurourol Urodyn. 2020 Feb;39(2):813-818

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31971635/

  • Caturegli, I, Caturegli G, Hayes N, Laird C, Malik RD, Rasko Y, Bafford AC. Trends in female surgeon authorship – The role of the middle author. J of Surg., 2020 May 6, 220(6), pp. 1541–1548.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32409010/

  • Kenyon L, Malik RD. Rodriquez D, Carmel M, Urology Program Directors’ Perception of Pregnancy During Residency, Urology, 2021.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33412219/

  • Woldegerima N, Thomopulos A, Bafford A, Malik RD Gender differences in urology society award recipients. American Journal of Surgery. 2020; 220(5): 1152-1158.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32773170/

  • Gaines T, Harkhani N, Chen H, Malik RD. Current Policies and Practicing Surgeon Perspectives on Parental Leave. Am J Surg. 2019 Oct; 218(4): 772-779.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31376951/

  • Malik RD. Gender Disparities in Urology: How can we close the gap?” Urology. 2019 Nov; 133:2-4.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31374288/

  • Malik RD, Salles A. “Debunking Four Common Gender Equity Myths.” European Urology. 2022 Jun;81(6):552-554.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277290/

  • MacDonald SM, Malik RD. “Women in Academic Urology: A Qualitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Pregnancy, Parenting, and Delayed Promotion.” Urology 2022 Apr (epub)

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35469801/

  • Malik RD, Cohn JA, Volsky J, Garvey SL, Chang C, Bales GT, Chung DE. A modern comparison of urodynamic findings in diabetic versus nondiabetic females. FPMRS, 2020 Jan/Feb; 26(1): 44-50.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29683886/

  • Kennedy A, Christie A, Malik RD, Zimmern PE. Contemporary Use of Prescription Medications for Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction. LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. 2020; 12(3), pp. 266–273

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32329581/

  • Nemirovsky A, Malik RD, Zimmern PE. Combination Therapy for Bladder Dysfunction in Patients with Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 2019 Dec; 14(4):288-293.

 

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11884-019-00534-7

  • Malik RD, Hess DS, Carmel ME, Lemack GE, Zimmern PE. Prospective Evaluation of Urodynamic Utility in a Subspecialty Tertiary Practice. Urology. 2019 Apr; 126:59-64.

 

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30654142/

  • Gaitonde S, Malik RD, Christie A, Zimmern PE. Bethanechol: Is It Still Being Prescribed for Bladder Dysfunction in Women? Int J Clin Practice, 2019 Aug; 73(8):e13248.

 

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30112787/

  • Malik RD, Cohn JA, Bales GT. Urinary Retention in Elderly Women: Diagnosis & Management. Curr Urol Rep. 2014 Nov; 15 (11): 454.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25234188/

  • Pavuluri H, Malik RD, Seideman CA. “An Assessment of Residency Wellness Programming in Urology Training Programs.” Urology 2022 March (epub)

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35276201/

  • Malik RD, Wang CE, Lapin B, Lakeman JC, Helfand BT. Characteristics of Men Undergoing Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Adherence to Follow-Up Recommendations in Metropolitan Multicenter Health Care System. 2015 Jun; 85(6): 1382-8.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25862121/

  • Pearce SM, Pariser JJ, Malik RD, Famakinwa OJ, Chung DE. Outcomes following Thulium vapoenucleation of large prostates. Intl Braz J Urol. 2016 Jul-Aug; 42(4): 757-65.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27564287/

  • Large, MC, Malik, RD, Cohn, JA, Richards, KA, Ganshert, C, Kunnavakkum, R, Smith ND, Steinberg GD. Prospective health-related quality of life analysis for patients undergoing radical cystectomy and urinary diversion. 2014 Oct; 84(4):808-13.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25109565/

  • Lynch NB, Malik RD. “Sigmoid conduit-neovaginal fistula: a case report and literature review.” Can J Urol. 2022 Jun;29(3):11194-11197.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35691044/

  • Malik RD, Dakwar G, Hardee ME, Sanfilippo NJ, Rosenkrantz AB, Taneja SS. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate. Rev Urol. 2011;13(1):56-60.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21826130/

  • Malik RD, Liu DB. Survey of Pediatric Urologists on the preoperative use of testosterone in the surgical correction of hypospadias. J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Oct; 10(5): 840-3.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24726783/

  • Malik R, Laze J, Lepor H. The effect of local compression and topical epinephrine on perioperative bleeding and degree of urinary extravasation on postoperative cystogram following radical retropubic prostatectomy. Can J Urol. 2010 Aug;17(4):5272-7.

Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20735906/

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