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Clare Fowler

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In 2018 she was licensed as a Lay Minister in the Diocese of Guildford and serves at All Saints', Ockham in Surrey. In 2021 she was awarded a BA Honours in Theology and Ministry, by University of Durham (as Clare Bevan).
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who had bladder problems. At the time, continence issues in people with neurological conditions was not as well understood. A limited control of bladder function was achieved using
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In 1987 she established the Department of Uro-Neurology at The National, and with several research fellows, led trials looking at treatments for urinary retention in women, and
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instillation into the bladder in managing urinary incontinence due to an overactive bladder. Capsaicin did not receive a licence for treatment, but Botox did.
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in these women, they demonstrated that some had a neurophysiological disorder and showed that sacral neuromodulation, a type of
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In 1987 she established the Department of Uro-Neurology and led trials looking at treatments for urinary retention in women,
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in neurophysiology from University College London, where she also studied laboratory computing and worked with the
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is a British physician and academic who created the subspecialty of uro-neurology, a medical field that combines
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C. J, Fowler; T. J., Christmas; Cr, Chapple; H. F., Parkhouse; R. S., Kirby; H. S., Jacobs (3 December 1988).
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as a treatment for people with overactive bladders who did not improve with usual medications.
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was effective in a significant proportion of them. The condition came to be known as
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who did not improve with usual medications. Her work has also included looking at
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Apostolidis, Apostolos; Dasgupta, Prokar; Fowler, Clare J. (1 April 2006).
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Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 and Its Descendants - 500 Years of Medicine
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Fowler, Clare J.; Griffiths, Derek; de Groat, William C. (June 2008).
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In 1976, Fowler took up an appointment as senior house officer at the
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In 2001 she became professor of Uro-Neurology, and was awarded the
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In 2015 she retired, and is emeritus professor of urology at the
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at the Middlesex, she met the then surgical research registrar
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Bladder Disease: Research Concepts and Clinical Applications
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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (left) and the
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smelter. She gained admission to study medicine at the
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Chancellor, Michael B.; Smith, Christopher P. (2011).
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Fowler is credited with creating the subspecialty of
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Idiopathic urinary retention in the female" 399:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 388:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 202:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 123:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 822: 820: 818: 816: 814: 812: 714:. Royal College of Physicians of London (2018) 1194:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1117:"St Peter's Medal for Professor Clare Fowler" 909:Alemozaffar, mehrdad; Das, Anurag K. (2012). 851:Padmanabhan, Priya; Rosenblum, Nirit (2008). 8: 208:, looking at how nerves work to control the 756: 754: 752: 750: 748: 746: 744: 742: 740: 266:in 2010. In 2012 she received the award of 1164:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians 828:"Interview with professor Clare J. Fowler" 725:List of recipients of the St Peter's Medal 561:British Association of Urological Surgeons 260:British Association of Urological Surgeons 20: 984: 694: 602: 882:"11. Perspectives from around the world" 1121:UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology 736: 196:Early in her career she worked at the 1174:Academics of the University of London 938:Atala, Anthony; Slade, Debra (2012). 336:muscles used to control passing urine 210:muscles used to control passing urine 7: 417:. Here she worked with neurologists 82:Creating the specialty uro-neurology 663:"The neural control of micturition" 476:, they were first in the UK to use 468:in men with multiple sclerosis and 18:Emeritus professor of uro-neurology 1189:Recipients of the St Peter's Medal 1169:Alumni of the University of London 472:. With her former research fellow 14: 917:. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 1629. 484:, as a treatment for people with 303:Middlesex Hospital Medical School 270:for services to Uro-neurology. 251:. She assisted with establishing 48:Middlesex Hospital Medical School 1179:People educated at Wycombe Abbey 835:Queen Square Alumnus Association 915:Smith's Textbook of Endourology 565:Commander of the British Empire 360:electrical stimulation therapy 230:electrical stimulation therapy 1: 779:10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00106-4 289:Clare Fowler was educated at 1021:www.theurologyfoundation.org 1017:"Professor Clare Fowler CBE" 638:10.1016/j.eururo.2005.12.010 563:. In 2012, she received the 555:In 2010 she was awarded the 268:Commander the British Empire 185:. This work was done at the 1184:British non-fiction writers 761:Kirby, Tony (1 July 2015). 667:Nature Reviews Neuroscience 352:electromyographical signals 279:Royal College of Physicians 1210: 886:Botulinum Toxin in Urology 543:, was published in 2018. 455:antimuscarinic medications 429:. Following the advice of 309:), and graduated in 1973. 232:, sacral neuromodulation. 967:Dasgupta, Prokar (2015). 946:. Springer. p. 375. 888:. 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Index

CBE
Middlesex Hospital Medical School
Fowler's syndrome
Botox injections
overactive bladders
Urology
neurology
Middlesex Hospital
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Institute of Neurology, University College London
Clinical neurophysiology
St Peter's Medal
CBE
urology
neurology
Institute of Neurology, University College London
emeritus professor
Middlesex Hospital
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
clinical neurophysiology
muscles used to control passing urine
continence issues
neurological conditions
Fowler's syndrome
urinary retention
electrical stimulation therapy
sildenafil
multiple sclerosis
sexual dysfunction
overactive bladders

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