The Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Surgery
Division of Urology

Faculty Profile

Michaelene Ryan Ribbeck, NP-C, CUNP

Assistant Professor of Urology,
Division of Urology
Department of Surgery


Education:

Undergraduate Education

1978 The University of St. Thomas BSN

Graduate Education

1999 The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston MSN
Spring 2005 Doctoral Program Texas Women’s University (Entering Spring 2005)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Medical School From 9/99 to present.
Guest Lecturer University of Texas Health Science School of Nursing Houston, Texas and Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas

LICENSURE:

Texas State Board of Nursing Expires 7/21/2006
Advanced Practice Nursing Status from Texas State Board of Nursing Exp 7/08
Limited Prescriptive Authority

CERTIFICATION:

CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room) Expires 2009
CUNP (Certified Urologic Nurse Practitioner Expires 2009
CS, FNP (Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Expires 2009
ACLS Expires 4/07

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/Committees

Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)
Member of SUNA National Task Force to develop protocols for Nurse Practitioners in Urology
Member of SUNA Task Force Promoting Certification in Urologic Nursing
SUNA Spring Symposium Planning Committee
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Strategic Planning Committee
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Strategic Planning Committee
Chairman Pediatric Pre-conference SUNA Annual Conference 2005
Member of the Exam Committee for the Certification Board of Urologic Nursing and Associates (CBUNA)
Member of Publishing Committee for CBUNA
Member of the Executive Committee for CBUNA
Past Secretary Certification Board of Urologic Nurses and Associates
President of the Certification Board of Urologic Nurses and Associates 10/06-10/07
Immediate Past President of the Certification Board of Urologic Nurses and Associates 10/06-10/07
Guest reviewer for Urologic Nursing (A peer reviewed publication.)
American Academy of Pediatrics Subsection for Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists
Deflux Advisory Board
Executive Committee Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists: Term expires 2007
Chairperson of Bylaws Committee Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists
American College of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Houston Area Society Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society,
Beta Beta Chapter

INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS:

Speaker’s bureau for, Pfizer, Aventis and
Q-Med Scandinavia

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Exxon Teagle Scholar 1975-1978
2nd Place SUNA Search Presentation “Current Trends in the Use of Local Anesthetic During Neonatal Circumcision” 2002

RESEARCH/GRANT SUPPORT

A Multicenter, randomized, blinded controlled trial sponsored by Uroplasty, Inc. to investigate the safety and efficacy of the urethral bulking agent Macroplastique ® for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence. $350,000. Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

Phase I/II, open label, dose escalating pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic (urodynamic), clinical effect, and safety study of tolterodine liquid in children with detrusor hyperreflexia 1 month to 4 years of age. Funding: Pharmacia $21,320.00. Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

Phase I/II, open label, dose escalating pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic (urodynamic), clinical effect, and safety study of tolterodine liquid in children with detrusor hyperreflexia 11 to 15 years of age. Funding: Pharmacia $22,690.00. Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

Phase I/II, open label, dose escalating pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic (urodynamic), clinical effect, and safety study of tolterodine liquid in children with detrusor hyperreflexia 5 to 10 years of age. Funding: Pharmacia $21,320.00 Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

An open label, phase III, 12 month study of the long-term clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of tolterodine oral solution and PR capsules in children with detrusor hyperreflexia ages 1 month to 16 years of age. Funding: Pharmacia Continuing pt: $20,275.20 pt: $13,426.60 Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

An open label, multicenter, multinational study to determine the safety and efficacy of tolterodine oral solution in children with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence suggestive of detrusor instability. Funding: Pharmacia $24,664.20 Sub investigator. /Study Coordinator

An open label, multicenter, multinational study to determine the safety and efficacy of tolterodine prolonged release capsules in children with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence suggestive of detrusor instability. Funding: Pharmacia $24,664.20 Sub-investigator. /Study Coordinator

A randomized multicenter double blind study to assess the safety and effectiveness of PERMACOL? injection versus CONTIGEN? as a urethral bulking agent in the treatment of urinary stress incontinence due to intrinsic sphincter deficiency. $213,001.27 Sub-investigator IRB approval pending

A multi-center, multiphase, single arm, open label study to evaluate the effects of tolterodine ER in conjunction with behavioral intervention on subject satisfaction and overactive bladder symptoms (urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), urgency frequency) in overactive bladder subjects who were dissatisfied with their most recent antimuscarinic OAB medication therapy. $111,158.11 Sub-investigator. IRB approval pending.

A multi-center, open label, active-controlled, dose-titration study evaluating the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of oxybutynin transdermal systems in the treatment of detrusor over activity associated with a neurological condition in pediatric patients, followed by a 12 week open label safety extension study.
$65,000.00 Principle Investigator IRB approval pending.

PUBLICATIONS:

RITCHEY ML, RIBBECK M: Successful use of tunica vaginalis grafts for correction of severe penile chordee in children. J Urol 2003 (In Press).

RIBBECK MR. Preparing for Certification: Advanced Practice Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux, Urologic Nursing June 2003

BLALOCK HJ, VEMULAKONDA V, RITCHEY ML, RIBBECK MRR: Outpatient management of phimosis following newborn circumcision. J Urol 2003; 169:2332-4.

RIBBECK MR: Bedwetting Basics, Advance for Nurses, December 2003

RIBBECK MR. Preparing for Certification: Genitourinary Anatomy and Physiology, Urologic Nursing December 2004

RIBBECK MR. President-elects message to SUNA membership. Urogram September 2005.

RIBBECK MR. Preparing for Certification: The Acute Scrotum, Urologic Nursing April 2006.

RIBBECK MR. A Legacy of Excellence. Urogram Janurary 2007.

LECTURES: (Other Professional Communications)

1. Spring 1999 Common Complaints in Pediatric Urology: Diagnosis, Treatment and Referral given to Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Class at Texas Women’s University

2. Fall 1999 Selected to speak at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference in Washington, DC to the Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialist’s Section: Session Title-Neonatal Circumcision: A look at pain control and complications.

3. Spring 2000 Guest Lecturer TWU/UT Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program: Pediatric Urology

4. Summer 2000: Tours, France, Joint Meeting of ESPU Nurses and AAP Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists. Speaker Topic: Intersex Case Evaluations and Psychological Reports.

5. Fall 2000: Guest Lecturer at UT Family Nurse Practitioner Program: Pediatric Urology for the Family Nurse Practitioner.

6. Fall 2000: Guest Lecturer at UT Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program:
Management of Renal Stones, Urinary Tract Infections, and Incontinence.

7. Fall 2000: Guest Lecturer National Site Meeting Uroplasty Study: Understanding Urodynamics.

8. Spring 2001: Overview of Pediatric Urology for the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner given to the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Class at Texas Women’s University

9. Fall 2001: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Adult UrologicComplaints. UTEmergency Nurse Practitioner Program

10. Fall 2001: Use of Alpha Blockers in Pediatric Urology. American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists Annual Meeting

11. Fall 2001: Pediatric Urology for the Family Nurse Practitioner. UT Family Nurse Practitioner Program

12. April 2002: Speaker at Houston Chapter Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Annual Seminar on “Detrusor Instability”

13. May 2002: Speaker at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates 33rd Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla. Topic: Common Complaints in Pediatric Urology.

14. August 2002: Speaker Annual Meeting of AWOHN. Topic: Current Treatments in Stress and Urge Incontinence in Women.

15. Fall 2002: Pediatric Urology Lecture for UTHSC Houston, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program

16. Fall 2003: Guest Lecturer UTHSC Houston Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Topic: Fundamentals of Pediatric Urology

17. Fall 2003: Guest Lecturer UTHSC Houston Adult Nurse Practitioner Program Topic: Office Urology

18. Fall 2004: The Path to Certification. Presented at the SUNA Annual Conference, Orlando, Fla.

19. Fall 2004: Guest Lecturer UTHSC Houston Family, Adult, and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program Topic: Office Urology Basics in Adult and Pediatric Urology

20. Spring 2005: APN Educational Offering/Adult and Pediatric Urology for the Advanced Practice Nurse

21. Summer 2005: Uppsala, Sweden. Joint Meeting of ESPU Nurses and AAP Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists. Speaker Topic: Antibiotic Resistance and its Implications for the use of Prophylaxis in the Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux.

22. October 2005:Pediatric Preconference of the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Meeting,

23. October 2005: Winning the Certification Jackpot. Presented at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada

24. November 2005. Office Urology for the Adult Nurse Practitioner. UT Adult Nurse Practitioner Program

25. November 2005. Adult and Pediatric Urology for the Family Nurse Practitioner. UT Family Nurse Practitioner Program.

26. September 2006. Common Diagnoses and Treatments for the Adult Urology Patient. UT Family Nurse Practitioner Program

27. October 2006. Antimicrobial Resistance and its Impact on the Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux. The American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatric Urology Nurse Specialists. Atlanta, Georgia

Michaelene Ryan Ribbeck, NP-C, CUNP
Michaelene Ryan Ribbeck,
NP-C, CUNP

Assistant Professor of Urology,
Division of Urology
Department of Surgery

 
E-mail: michaelene.ribbeck@uth.tmc.edu
Assistant: Dorothy Stradinger
Office Address:
6431 Fannin Street
Suite 6.018
Houston, TX 77030

Office Phone: 713-500-7333
Office Fax: 713-500-0751

For an appointment, call:
832-325-7280