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Kathleen C. Kobashi

Kathleen C. Kobashi

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Houston Methodist Hospital (Chair, Urology)MD FACS
Role
Founder, Kobashi School (Virginia Mason)

Training and career​

  • Current position Chair, Department of Urology, Houston Methodist Hospital; professor of clinical urology, Weill Cornell Medicine.1
  • Former position Virginia Mason, joined in 1999.2
  • Medical school Drexel University (formerly Hahnemann).2
  • Residency Urology, University of California, Irvine.2
  • Fellowship Urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, before joining Virginia Mason in 1999.2
  • Leadership Past president, Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction.2

Key Publications​

Her cited work includes the 2023 AUA/SUFU guideline update on surgery for female stress urinary incontinence and chapters on urethrovaginal fistula management and repair.P2P3P4

  1. Kobashi KC, Albo ME, Dmochowski RR, et al. "Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: AUA/SUFU Guideline." Journal of Urology. 2017;198(4):875–883. doi

    AUA/SUFU female stress urinary incontinence surgical guideline (2017). Chaired the AUA/SUFU panel that issued evidence-based guidance on surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

  2. Kobashi KC, Vasavada S, Bloschichak A, et al. Updates to Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI): AUA/SUFU Guideline (2023). J Urol. 2023;209:1091–1098. doi
    Cited on: Porcine Acellular Collagen Matrix · Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS) · Tutoplast-Processed Allografts
  3. Uberoi P, Kobashi KC. Management of Urethrovaginal Fistula. In: Cardozo L, Staskin D, eds. Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology. Vol 2: Surgical Perspectives. 5th ed. CRC Press; 2023:1185-1188.
    Cited on: Urethrovaginal Fistula Repair
  4. Kobashi KC, Lee EW, Rapp DE, Chen A. Urethrovaginal Fistula Repair. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:660-664.
    Cited on: Urethrovaginal Fistula Repair

Footnotes​

  1. Kathleen C. Kobashi. Houston Methodist Scholars. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. 39th Nesbit Fall Meeting Program. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5