Giulia M Ippolito
Assistant Professor of Urology
Medical School
Urology Taubman Center Floor 2 Reception C
1500 E Medical Center Dr. SPC 5330
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

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Giulia M Ippolito
Assistant Professor
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    About

    Giulia Ippolito, MD, MS, is a Urologist with fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) and a Health Services Researcher at the University of Michigan. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Dallas (B.S, 2009) and Medical School at Texas A&M University (M.D., 2013). She completed a General Surgery internship (2014), Urology residency training at the University of Minnesota (2018), and a subsequent fellowship in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS, formerly Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery) at the University of Michigan (2021). She also completed a master’s degree in Health and Healthcare Research at the University of Michigan in 2020

    Dr. Ippolito joined the University of Michigan, Department of Urology, Division of Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstruction in July 2021. Her clinical practice is at the University Hospital, West Ann Arbor Clinic, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital, and the Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor. Dr. Ippolito’s clinical focus and practice include evaluating and treating urinary incontinence, neurogenic bladder, female pelvic floor dysfunction (pelvic organ prolapse, urethral diverticuli, fistula), and reconstruction of the lower urinary tract, including ureteral obstruction. She performs transvaginal and transabdominal repair of pelvic organ prolapse, female incontinence surgery, such as urethral bulking, synthetic and autologous urethral slings, complex reconstruction, including urinary diversions, augmentation, and ureteral reconstruction using open and robotic approaches

    Dr. Ippolito is a NIDDK-funded K-12 Scholar under the University of Michigan UroEPI Career Development Program, and her research is focused on understanding and improving decision-making between patients and clinicians, especially in the care of overactive bladder. She is a member of several research collaboratives with the University of Michigan and across the nation (Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Research Network; Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network)

    Clinical Interests: Fellowship Trained in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Neurourology and Abdominal Reconstruction

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    Qualifications
    • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship
      University of Michigan, Urology, 2021
    • Health Services Research Fellowship
      University of Michigan, Urology, 2021
    • Urology Resident
      University of Minnesota, Urology, 2018
    • General Surgery Internship
      University of Minnesota, General Surgery, 2014
    • Doctor of Medicine
      Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, 2013
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      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Neurourology and urodynamics, female urology, health services research, shared decision-making, and decision aid use

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN II) Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Study: Methods and Baseline Urinary Symptoms by Age and Sex.
      Ippolito GM, Kenton K, Bradley CS, Lu T, Bieber B, Clemens JQ, Kirby AC, Kirkali Z, Guerrero M, Yang CC, Kreder K, Emi Bretschneider C, Graff J, Nashif J, Griffith JW, Henry Lai H, Amundsen CL, Cameron AP, LURN Study Group . Neurourol Urodyn, 2025 Apr 24; DOI:10.1002/nau.70044
      PMID: 40275438
    • Journal Article
      Association Between Urodynamic Findings and Urinary Retention After Onabotulinumtoxin A for Idiopathic Overactive Bladder
      Kapur A, Van Til M, Daignault-Newton S, Seibel C, Nagpal S, Ippolito GM, Smith AL, Lucioni A, Lee U, Suskind A, Anger J, Chung D, Reynolds WS, Cameron A, Tenggardjaja C, Padmanabhan P, Brucker BM. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1002/nau.70050
    • Journal Article
      Practice Patterns of Surgeons Seeking Board Certification in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
      Plaska SW, Maymi-Castrodad P, Gracely A, Daignault-Newton S, Clemens JQ, Ippolito GM. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1002/nau.70018
    • Journal Article
      Response to letter to the editor on the systematic review “Narrow band imaging versus white light cystoscopy alone for transurethral resection of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer”
      Dahm P, Maisch P, Lane GI. World Journal of Urology, 2024 Dec 1; 42 (1): DOI:10.1007/s00345-023-04757-6
      PMID: 38189985
    • Journal Article
      “There is a lot of shame that comes with this”: A qualitative study of patient experiences of isolation, embarrassment, and stigma associated with overactive bladder
      Brodsky CN, Sitto HM, Wittmann D, Wallner LP, Streur C, DeJonckheere M, Stoffel JS, Cameron AP, Sarma A, Clemens JQ, Ippolito GM. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2024 Nov 1; 43 (8): 1817 - 1825. DOI:10.1002/nau.25557
      PMID: 39039801
    • Journal Article
      Letter: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in US Women: Contemporary Prevalence Estimates From the RISE FOR HEALTH Study
      Ippolito GM. Journal of Urology, 2024 Sep 1; 212 (3): 514 DOI:10.1097/JU.0000000000004067
      PMID: 38847326
    • Journal Article
      Structural Changes in Brain White Matter Tracts Associated with Overactive Bladder Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Findings from a Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study
      Lai HH, Rutlin J, Smith AR, Helmuth ME, Hokanson JA, Yang CC, Clemens JQ, Magnotta VA, Bretschneider CE, Kenton K, Delancey JOL, John K, Kirkali Z, Shimony JS, Amundsen C, Jelovsek E, Flynn K, Lentz A, Page D, Siddiqui N, Weinfurt K, Wruck L, Green P, Guerrero M, Bradley CS, Kreder K, Erickson BA, Fick D, Polgreen P, Heady S, Poesch C, Melton S, Walshire J, Griffith JW, Helfand B, Bretschneider C, Cella D, Collins S, Geynisman-Tan J, Glaser A, Lewicky-Gaupp C, Mueller M, Clarke S, Marquez M, Taddeo M, Sharma P, Antoniak M, Talaty P, Moroni F, Kallas S, Clemens Q, Fenner D, Harris R, Harte S, Cameron AP, Sarma A, Lane G, Chimner A, Drnek L, Keer E, Moore M, Mowatt G, Richardson S, Chilimigras J, Kirby A, Vicars B, Daniels L, Andriole GL, Li F, Black L, Gardner V, Hayden P, Wolff D, Klim A, Merion R, Andreev V, Gillespie B, Fava M, Sexton M, Wiseman J, Liu J, Hurley L, Mullins C, Barthold J. Journal of Urology, 2024 Aug 1; 212 (2): 351 - 361. DOI:10.1097/JU.0000000000004022
      PMID: 38717915
    • Journal Article
      MP34-04 A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN ADULT NEUROGENIC LOWER URINARY TRACT DYSFUNCTION—SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NEUROGENIC BLADDER RESEARCH GROUP WORKSHOP RECOMMENDATIONS
      Cox SN, Dodo-Williams T, Branch B, Garcia-Peñaloza N, Lucas M, Lenherr S, Crescenze I, Lane G, Sadeghi Z, Elliott C, Stampas A, Khavari R, Wood D, Stoffel JT, Santiago-Lastra Y. Journal of Urology, 2024 Apr 17; 211 (5S): e572 DOI:10.1097/01.ju.0001008876.78012.90.04