Professor Christopher Maher
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Christopher Maher

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Background

Associate Professor Christopher Maher is a tertiary-referral Urogynaecologist at the Wesley & Mater Private Hospitals and Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital and active researcher and teacher at the University of Queensland. His long-term commitment to research and evidence based medicine has been rewarded with over 100 peer-review publications and many presentations at National and International conferences. He is the past president of the Queensland CFA (Continence Foundation of Australia), former Secretary of AGES, Chairman of IUGA Scientific Committee, Chair of Urogynaecology committee RANZCOG and is currently lead author of the Cochrane Review and International Collaboration on Incontinence on the surgical management of prolapse. Associate Professor Christopher Maher is the current Chairman of the Urogynaecological Society of Australia.

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Fields of research

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Institution to be confirmed
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Research interests

  • Surgical management of pelvic organ prolapse

    lead Cochrane review on the surgical management of prolapse Lead International Collaboration Incontinence (ICI) on Surgical management of prolapse

  • Surgeon Volume and outcomes

    Meta-analysis of gynaecology and urogynaecology outcomes based on surgeon volumes

  • Learning curve of Laparoscopic sacral colpopexy

    Structured education and skills program to reduce learning curve for laparoscopic sacral colpopexy

  • Tissue engineering for pelvic organ prolapse

    Animal studies to evaluate 3-D printed material as a matrix in pelvic organ prolapse and abdominal hernia in the sheep model

Research impacts

My research has largely docused on female pelvic floor dysfunction and intially revolved aroud the assessemnt and safety of surgical interventions for the management of pelvic floor dysfunction including

  • Sacral nerve stimulator for female bladder overactivty
  • laparoscopic and vaginal surgery for primary and recurrent urinary stress incontinence including prospective reviews and randomised controlled trials
  • Laparoscopic, abdominal and vaginal surgery for uterine prolapse, rectocele and post-hysterectomy vault prolapse including retrospective audits, prospective evaluations and randomised controlled trials
  • Reporting of and management of complications assocaited with mesh interventions for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse

More recently I have focused on completeing structured systematic reviews on the surgical management of prolapse including:

  • Leading Cochrane reviews on the surgical management of prolapse in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
  • Leading committee International Collaboration on Incontinence on the surgical management of prolapse 2013, 2017 after being member since 2008
  • Review articles on the pathway forward regarding the evaluation of new medical interventions

This body of research has been important in evlauting the efficacy of new interventions for female pelvic organ prolapse and identifying complications associated with these intervention. The reseach has been important and contributed to public debate surrounding the suitability of transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse that is currently teh suject of Class actions worldwide and Govermant evaluations in New Zealand, Scotland and Australia.

Search Professor Christopher Maher’s works on UQ eSpace

161 works between 1993 and 2025
All (161) Book (1) Journal Article (129) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (16) Book Chapter (14)

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1993

Journal Article

Staphylococcal Septicemia After Endometrial Destruction

Maher, C, McLaughlin, J, Kelsey, G, Cave, D and Haran, M (1993). Staphylococcal Septicemia After Endometrial Destruction. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 33 (4), 443-444. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1993.tb02136.x

Staphylococcal Septicemia After Endometrial Destruction

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  • Female Pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Pelvic organ Prolapse
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Urinary incontinence

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