Kristin Jacobs, MD, a fellow in the Department of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has been elected to serve as president of the Steering Committee for the Fellow’s Pelvic Research Network® of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS).
The Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS) sponsored the creation of the first fellows multi-center research network, the Fellows’ Pelvic Research Network (FPRN), to promote research training and expose fellows to multi-center studies. The idea for this research network was suggested by a fellow in 2007. SGS considers the FPRN® an important initiative within the context of its mission statement to promote education and research in gynecologic surgery.
The purpose of the FPRN® is to enable fellows to work together cooperatively and conduct multi-center research projects. The FPRN® and its research projects are operating under the mentorship and supervision of a Senior Advisory Board which includes established researchers in gynecology from across the country.
As president of the Steering Committee, Dr. Jacobs is responsible for overseeing the administrative logistics of national, multi-site research being conducted within the FPRN® by gynecology fellows from more than 20 participating medical centers in the U.S.
A graduate of North Central College in Illinois, Dr. Jacobs earned her medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Loyola University Medical Center. Her current research focuses on painful bladder syndrome, female urinary microbiome, and patients’ knowledge and preferences regarding hysterectomy procedures.