ABOUT DR. SASSONE:
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UROGYNECOLOGY TRAINING

Vaginal , Bladder and Pelvic Floor Riconstruction for the Gynecologist and the Urologist; The Arnold N. Fenton Annual Conference by the Division of Urogynecology and Dep. of OB/GYN -  one-day continuing medical education program; North Shore University Hospital,  Manhasset, NY, May 4, 2003   

Radio Frequency Bladder Neck Suspension Course, Sponsored by SURx
NYC, January 17, 2003

Taking Control Over Urinary incontinence: Revolutionary Treatment Approaches
Nicolette S. Horbach, MD, Associate Clinical Prof., George Washington University;
NYC, November 21, 2002

Minimally Invasive Surgery and the Alternatives, 21st Annual Fall Symposium of
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine;
NYC, November 10-12, 2002

Exploring New and Innovative Approaches to Stress Urinary Incontinence
Donald R. Ostergard, MD, Professor, The University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, Interactive Audio Conference,
May 22, 2002

Sacral Nerve Modulation for Urinary Control- Interstim Therapy
One-Day Course Sponsored by Medtronic
NYC, 2000

Weekly participation in patient evaluation, video-urodynamics, cystoscopy, and surgery, with Jerry G. Blaivas, MD, Clinical Professor of Urology at NYC-Cornell University,
NYC, June 1997 to March 2000

Female Urology and Urogynecology: A Meeting of the Minds, American Urologic Association,
NYC, January 14-16, 2000

Contigen Implant Training Program,
NYC, December 16, 1999

International Continence Society, 29th Annual Meeting, (joined with the ICC and IUGA )
Denver, August 23-26, 1999

AUGS 19th Annual Scientific Meeting,
Washington DC, November 11-14, 1998

Female Pelvic Anatomy and Reconstructive Surgery, a one-day continuing medical education program for gynecologists, urogynecologists and urologists.
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, October 10, 1998

International Conference on the Pelvic Floor,
Montreal, September 23-27, 1998

NIDDK Research Workshop: Issues and Opportunities in Urinary Incontinence. NIH, Bethesda, January 23-24, 1998.

Female Urology and Incontinence, American Urologic Association,
Dallas, June 20-22, 1997

AUGS Surgical Anatomy Course with Fresh Cadaver Laboratory,
New Orleans, October 7, 1996

AUGS 17th Annual Scientific Meeting,
New Orleans, October 4-6, 1996

ACOG Special Problems for the Advanced Gynecologic Surgeon,
Denver, April 30-May 1,1996

Advanced Operative Laparoscopy for the Gynecologist (retropubic colposuspension and LAVH, including live porcine surgical laboratory), Sponsored by Ethicon Endosurgery; Timothy McKinney, M.D., Course Director;
November 11, 1994

Urogynecology, John Hopkins Medical Institution,
Baltimore, February 25-26, 1994

AUGS and Uro-Dynamic Society Annual Meeting,
St. Antonio, October 30 - November 2, 1993

Course in Urinary Incontinence,
NYC Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC, September 30, 1993

CREOG/ACOG/AUGS Teaching Basic Urogynecology to Residents;
University of Rochester, May 10-14, 1993

Video-Uro-Dynamic Laboratory Training,
The Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York at CPMC
August 7-13, 1992

ACOG Advanced Urogynecology,
Las Vegas, June 28-30, 1992

ACOG Diagnostic and Operative Urogynecology,
Las Vegas, June 25-26, 1992

Foundations of Diagnostic and Surgical Urogynecology during the first OB/GYN residency in Italy (1974-77) and the other OB/GYN residency in NYC (1986-89)