Uduak Umoh Andy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery , Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Attending, Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery , Department of Gynecology, PENN Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Chief of Gynecology Service, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Director, Accidental Bowel Leakage Program, UPHS
Physician Lead, Penn Health for Women at PMUC
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Contact information
PENN Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Penn Medicine University City
3737 Market Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Penn Medicine University City
3737 Market Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
MD
Boston University, Boston, MA, 2007.
Permanent linkBS
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
MD
Boston University, Boston, MA, 2007.
Description of Research Expertise
Fecal IncontinencePelvic floor disorders in Older Women
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pelvic organ prolapseUrinary incontinence
Fecal incontinence
Pelvic floor disorders
Selected Publications
Mueller MG, Ganz MG, Siddiqui NY, Sung V, Andy U, Menefee S, Dounoucos V, Griffith JW, Schaffer J, Mazloomdoost D, Kenton K; Pelvic Floor Disorders Network.: Content Validity of a Patient-Reported Measure of Postoperative Recovery. Urogynecology (Phila). 2026 Feb 12. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001825. Online ahead of print. 2026.Ramey-Collier K, Reaves SN, Amukamara A, Levin PJ, Andy UU.: OASI Wound Complications and Impact on Future Delivery Outcomes. Urogynecology (Phila). 2026 Mar 1;32(3):250-256. 2026.
Uduak U. Andy, Ky’lyn Lampkin, Diane K. Newman, Jean Wyman, Heather Klusaritz, Wendy Walsh, Simone Reaves, Lily Arya, Rebecca Brown : Evaluating community engagement efforts for recruitment in a study of older women with urinary incontinence: the MoVEonUP Study Journal of the American Geriatrics Society May 2025.
Bowen ST, Moalli PA, Rogers RG, Corton MM, Andy UU, Rardin CR, Hahn ME, Weidner AC, Ellington DR, Mazloomdoost D, Sridhar A, Gantz MG; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Postoperative Sexual Function After Vaginal Surgery and Clitoral Size, Position, and Shape. JAMA Surg. 2025 Feb 12:e246922. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.6922. February 2025.
Andy UU, Nowak K, Menefee SA, Shinnick JK, Mueller M, Woll A, Florian-Rodriquez M, Mazloomdoost D, Whitworth R; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Body Image and sexual function improve following prolapse repair. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb 6:S0002-9378(25)00075-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2025.01.042. February 2025.
Reaves S, Levin PJ, Harvie HS, Andy UU: Factors Affecting Follow-up for Specialty Postpartum Care after Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury at a Single U.S. Institution. Int Urogynecol J. 2025 Apr 15. doi: 10.1007/s00192-025-06126-w. Online ahead of print. 2025.
Myers D, Werth A, Whitworth R, Menefee S, Visco A, Andy UU, Rahn D, Meyer I, Zyczynski HM, Mazloomdoost D; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health.: To err is human: lessons from prolapse studies to identify and strategies to reduce data errors. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Dec;233(6):509-516. 2025.
Andy UU, Carper B, Zyczynski H, Sripad A, Dyer KY, Schaffer J, Mazloomdoost D, Gantz MG; NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network: Impact of Bowel Diary Completion and Education on Fecal Incontinence Severity. Urogynecology (Phila). 2025 Feb 26. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001660. Online ahead of print. 2025.
Andy UU, Meyn L, Brown HW, Moalli PA, Ferrando CA, Shippey S, Omosigho UR, Kowalski JT, Guaderrama NM, Anger JT, Foster RT, Gutman RE, Yurteri-Kaplan L: Outcomes at 12, 24, and 36 Months in Women Treated for Pelvic Organ Prolapse With Pessary or Surgery: Results From the Multicenter Pelvic Floor Disorders Registry. Urogynecology (Phila). 2025 Feb 27. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001669. Online ahead of print. 2025.
Andy UU, Newman DK, Wyman JF, Klusaritz H, Walsh W, Shou H, Koepler N, Schmitz KH, Reaves S, Arya L, Brown RT.: The Mobility and Voiding Exercises in Older Women with Urinary Incontinence (MoVEonUp) randomized controlled trial: study protocol and rationale. BMC Geriatr. 2024 Dec 4;24(1):994. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-05552-7. December 2024.