Professor of Urology
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Urology
Indiana University
Dr. Powell is a Professor of Urology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, boarded in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) now called Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS). His areas of specialty include urethroplasty in males and females, fistula repair, robotic surgery for complex pelvic prolapse, neurogenic bladder and urinary diversion, and correction of complications from vaginal mesh. He serves as the service line leader for the Indiana University suburban urology practice. His research interests integrate his training in electrical engineering to include development of wireless implantable devices for measuring bladder pressure, diabetes and its effects on the bladder, robotic sacral colpopexy using autologous fascia lata, and female urethra reconstruction. His work on diabetic bladder dysfunction has received funding by the NIDDK. He has served on the AUA Practice Guidelines Committee, contributed as an author for the AUA/SUFU/AUGS/PCORI Guideline on Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause, and has authored the Geriatric Urology chapter in Campbell’s Urology. He has also served as an editor for Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports as well as Oakstone’s Practical reviews in Urology. He has and is conducting clinical trials as a PI for neuromodulation devices affecting the sacral nerve roots as well as posterior tibial nerve. He has been active in training residents not only in Indiana but also in Kenya and Gabon, with an interest in missionary medicine as well as global health.