Christian O. Twiss, MD, FAC, Author at Grand Rounds in Urology

Christian O. Twiss, MD, FAC

Christian O. Twiss, MD, FACS, is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. Dr. Twiss is an expert in the subspecialty of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery and is one the few urologists in Arizona who has board certification in both urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Twiss earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in New York, New York. He completed his general surgery training and his urology residency at New York University, where he trained at the New York University Medical Center, the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and New York’s world-famous Bellevue Hospital. Following his residency, Dr. Twiss became a fellow in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, under the mentorship of Dr. Shlomo Raz.

Dr. Twiss has extensive experience treating female and male urinary incontinence and female pelvic organ prolapse via the vaginal, robotic, and open approaches. He also has extensive experience in vaginal mesh removal, vaginal reconstruction after mesh removal, and treating complications of vaginal reconstructive surgery. His current research interests include outcomes of surgery for female pelvic floor disorders, including treatments for incontinence, vaginal prolapse, and vaginal mesh removal. Dr. Twiss is also researching the use of dynamic pelvic magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of female pelvic organ prolapse as well as the development of new techniques for female pelvic floor reconstruction.

Talks by Christian O. Twiss, MD, FAC

Point: Severe Pelvic Organ Prolapse Robotic Sacroculpopexy

Posted by Christian O. Twiss, MD, FAC | Dec 2024

Christian O. Twiss, MD, FACS, argues for robotic sacrocolpopexy as the optimal procedure for repairing apical pelvic organ prolapse.