Sallie Oliphant

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Dr. Sallie Oliphant's research focuses on conditions affecting the female pelvic floor, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse. Her work investigates maternal pelvic floor adaptations during pregnancy and birth injuries. She is also interested in surgical outcomes within urogynecology.

Dr. Oliphant is a Co-Principal Investigator on a $335,160 grant from the NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for the "Development of Analysis Tools to Enhance Magnetomyographic Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscles." This project leverages magnetomyography to assess pelvic floor muscle strength, with studies comparing this technique to other methods and evaluating its use during pregnancy.

Her publications include research on health literacy in urogynecology patients and the comparison of non-invasive magnetomyography to established scoring systems for pelvic floor muscle strength. She has presented her work nationally and is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the American Urogynecologic Society. Dr. Oliphant holds an h-index of 15 with over 1,054 citations across her 41 publications.

Research Overview

Dr. Sallie Oliphant completed her medical degree at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. She then went on to complete both residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at The University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. During her fellowship, she received a Master's in Clinical Research from the University of Pittsburgh.Dr. Oliphant's clinical interests include urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse. She has made a number of national presentations and had numerous publications in her specialty area. She is an active researcher with special interest in maternal pelvic floor adaptions and birth injury and surgical outcomes in Urogynecology. She is a steering committee member of the Collaborative Research in Pelvic Surgery Consortium. She is a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the American Urogynecologic Society.

Metrics

• h-index: 15
• Publications: 41
• Citations: 1,054