Rose Khavari, MD

Ben and Wendy Moreland Distinguished Professor in Urology , Department of Urology
Professor of Urology, Academic Institute
Full Member, Research Institute
Residency Program Director, Department of Urology
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Urology Residency Program


Biography

With passion for medicine and surgery, Rose Khavari, MD received her Medical Doctorate degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas with highest honors and completed her residency in Urology at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Khavari has been an Alpha Omega Alpha member since her junior year of medical school. During that time she was awarded the American Federation of Research Award (AFAR) scholarship for a summer research grant at Harvard Medical School where she studied regional cerebral auto regulation during orthostatic changes. During Urology residency at Baylor College of Medicine she was awarded multiple research awards such as the Department of Urology Research Award and the Elisabeth Pickett Research Award by the Society of Women in Urology. Under the mentorship of Dr. Timothy Boone, Dr. Khavari received advanced fellowship training in male and female continence, pelvic floor reconstructive surgery, and neurourology at Houston Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Training in voiding dysfunction, urinary tract and pelvic reconstruction with a focus on prosthetics, soft tissue reconstruction, bowel reconstruction and a supplemental experience in colorectal, gynecologic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery has allowed her to become a well-rounded and highly skilled reconstructive surgeon in the growing field of Neurourology.

In October of 2012 she joined The Urology Associates at the Houston Methodist Hospital. She serves as director of research at the Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine. She became a faculty member involved in clinical training of Urology, as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology residents affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. In 2012, she and her team established the Neurourology and Transitional Urology Clinic and serves as clinic director. This clinic is devoted to the care of pediatric patients transitioning to adulthood with neurologic/congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract. Using her comprehensive and advanced training through residency and fellowship, combined with her interest in research and teaching, Dr. Khavari plans to build and lead a career in urogynecology, female urology, neurourology, and pelvic reconstruction.

Description of Research

Dr. Khavari serves as director of research at the Center for Restorative Pelvic Medicine, and firmly believes that medicine is lost without its backbone in research. Throughout her professional career, Dr. Khavari has participated in various research endeavors. Her research has included:

  1. A unique modification to augmentation cystoplasty with catheterizable stoma for neurogenic patients
  2. Impaired detrusor contractility and surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence
  3. Nerve growth factor as a predictor biomarker in female patients with obstructive urinary symptoms, and
  4. fMRI imaging combined with concurrent urodynamic to study storage and voiding in neurogenic and idiopathic overactive bladder patients.

Areas Of Expertise

Neurourology Neurogenic Bladder Urinary Diversion and Urinary Reconstruction Urogynecology Female Urology Prolapse Male and Female Incontinence Botox Multiple Sclerosis Transitional Urology Reconstructive surgery Fistula
Education & Training

Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
Internship, Baylor College of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Clinical Fellowship, The Methodist Hospital
Publications

Central Nervous Stimulation for Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Current Application and Emergent Therapies
Su, JS, Mazeaud, C & Khavari, R 2023, , Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11884-023-00696-5

Supraspinal Neural Changes in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Undergoing Bladder Outlet Procedures: A Pilot Functional MRI Study
Hubbard, LC, Shi, Z, Gonzalez, RR, Tran, K, Karmonik, C, Jang, Y & Khavari, R 2022, , Urology, vol. 169, pp. 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2022.07.004

Predictors for outcomes of noninvasive, individualized transcranial magnetic neuromodulation in multiple sclerosis women with neurogenic voiding dysfunction
Tran, K, Yongchang, J, Shi, Z, Karmonik, C, Choksi, D, Salazar, BH, Lincoln, JA & Khavari, R 2022, , Continence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2022.100517

Science and Politics
Avulova, S, Enemchukwu, E, Kaufman, M, Khavari, R, Moses, K, Pierorazio, P, Samplaski, M & Siemens, DR 2022, , Journal of Urology, vol. 208, no. 4, pp. 771-772. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002895

White Matter Integrity in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Bladder Outlet Obstruction and Its Contribution to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Jang, Y, Tran, K, Hubbard, L, Choksi, D, Gonzalez, RR, Karmonik, C, Shi, Z & Khavari, R 2022, , International Neurourology Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 219-226. https://doi.org/10.5213/inj.2244018.009

Noninvasive, Individualized Cortical Modulation Using Transcranial Rotating Permanent Magnet Stimulator for Voiding Dysfunction in Women with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Trial
Khavari, R, Tran, K, Helekar, SA, Shi, Z, Karmonik, C, Rajab, H, John, B, Jalali, A & Boone, T 2022, , Journal of Urology, vol. 207, no. 3, pp. 657-667. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002297

Preliminary Analysis of Brain Footprints in Multiple Sclerosis Females With Detrusor Sphincter Dyssynergia: A Concurrent Urodynamic and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Tran, K, Hubbard, L, Karmonik, C, Boone, TB & Khavari, R 2022, , International Neurourology Journal, vol. 26, no. Suppl 1, pp. S38-S46. https://doi.org/10.5213/inj.2142012.006

Prospective Evaluation of Intradetrusor Injections of OnabotulinumtoxinA in Adults With Spinal Dysraphism
Mackay, A, Sosland, R, Tran, K, Stewart, J, Boone, T & Khavari, R 2022, , Urology, vol. 161, pp. 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2021.09.045

Treatment of refractory overactive bladder with OnabotulinumtoxinA vs PTNS: TROOP trial
Kopcsay, KS, Marczak, TD, Jeppson, PC, Cameron, AP, Khavari, R, Tefera, E & Gutman, RE 2022, , International Urogynecology Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 851-860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-021-05030-3

Alterations in brain activation patterns in women with functional defecatory disorder: A novel fMRI rectal balloon expulsion study
Neshatian, L, Karmonik, C, Khavari, R, Shi, Z, Elias, S, Boone, T & Quigley, EMM 2022, , Neurogastroenterology and Motility, vol. 34, no. 12, e14389. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14389

Altered bladder-related brain network in multiple sclerosis women with voiding dysfunction
Shi, Z, Karmonik, C, Soltes, A, Tran, K, Lincoln, JA, Boone, T & Khavari, R 2022, , Neurourology and Urodynamics, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 1612-1619. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.25008

The effect of oral medications on fMRI brain activation: A randomized, double blind, controlled pilot trial of older women with overactive bladder
High, RA, Shi, Z, Danford, JM, Bird, ET, Karmonik, C & Khavari, R 2022, , International Urogynecology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-022-05300-8

Disruption of specific white matter tracts is associated with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in women with multiple sclerosis
Choksi, D, Schott, B, Tran, K, Jang, R, Hasan, KM, Lincoln, JA, Jalali, A, Karmonik, C, Salazar, B & Khavari, R 2023, , Neurourology and Urodynamics, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.25075

Therapeutic effects of non-invasive, individualized, transcranial neuromodulation treatment for voiding dysfunction in multiple sclerosis patients: study protocol for a pilot clinical trial
Tran, K, Shi, Z, Karmonik, C, John, B, Rajab, H, Helekar, SA, Boone, T & Khavari, R 2021, , Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00825-z

Noninvasive, Individualized Cortical Modulation Using Transcranial Rotating Permanent Magnet Stimulator for Voiding Dysfunction in Women with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Trial
Khavari, R, Tran, K, Helekar, SA, Shi, Z, Karmonik, C, Rajab, H, John, B, Jalali, A & Boone, T 2022, , The Journal of urology, vol. 207, no. 3, pp. 657-667. https://doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000002297

Dissecting the role of radical cystectomy and urinary diversion in post-operative complications: an analysis using the American College of Surgeons national surgical quality improvement program database
Anaissie, J, Dursun, F, Wallis, CJD, Klaassen, Z, Taylor, J, Obando-Perez, C, Xu, J, Boone, T, Khavari, R & Satkunasivam, R 2021, , International Braz J Urol, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 1006-1019. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.1098

Contemporary Review of MRI in Benign Genitourinary Pelvic Medicine: What Every Urologist Should Know
Choksi, D, Schott, B, Tran, K & Khavari, R 2021, , Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11884-021-00631-6

Artificial intelligence in functional urology: how it may shape the future
Bentellis, I, Guérin, S, Khene, ZE, Khavari, R & Peyronnet, B 2021, , Current Opinion in Urology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 385-390. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOU.0000000000000888

High spatial correlation in brain connectivity between micturition and resting states within bladder-related networks using 7 T MRI in multiple sclerosis women with voiding dysfunction
Shi, Z, Tran, K, Karmonik, C, Boone, T & Khavari, R 2021, , World Journal of Urology, vol. 39, no. 9, pp. 3525-3531. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-021-03599-4

Low interrater reliability of videourodynamic diagnosis of detrusor external sphincter dyssynergia
Miller, BD, Tallman, CT, Boone, TB & Khavari, R 2021, , Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 297-299. https://doi.org/10.1097/SPV.0000000000000754