Tamara Dickinson, M.S.N., APRN, AGPCNP-BC, CURN, CCCN

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Biography

With more than 30 years of experience, Tamara Dickinson is a recognized authority in continence and voiding dysfunction. She has expertise in urodynamics, both urinary and bowel continence therapies and dysfunction, as well as neurologic disorders affecting elimination. She is board-certified in urology nursing and continence nursing, and she is a frequent national and international presenter and author on these topics.

Tamara received the National Association for Continence Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion Award and the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates President’s Trophy for outstanding contributions to the organization.

Meet Tamara Dickinson

Tamara earned a master’s degree in nursing from the University of South Alabama. She currently serves as an adult-geriatric nurse practitioner in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she focuses on evaluation and management for both the Comprehensive Pelvic Floor Program and the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Program. She has a research interest in the epidemiology of pelvic floor dysfunction in the male population and the effects of hypermobility on arthralgia in aging.

Tamara is an active member of the International Continence Society (ICS) and currently serves as the elected chairperson of the nursing committee. Her recent publications include Advanced Assessment of the Patient with Urinary Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction in the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Core Curriculum (Engberg S, editor; 2021). In press for the second edition of Fecal Incontinence for the Advanced Practice Nurse is her book chapter titled “Fecal Incontinence in the Community-Dwelling Elder.”

Most recently, she participated in the International Continence Society Masterclass on Conservative Continence Management (2024) and two ICS podcasts: “Discussion of Bowel and Bladder Training Document” (2024) and “Getting Involved with the ICS: A Nursing and Physiotherapist Perspective” (2023).

Education & Training

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of South Alabama
Master of Science in Nursing - University of South Alabama

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) (1994-2023)
International Continence Society (ICS) (2003)
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) (2014)
Sigma Theta Tau International (2016-2023)
American Nurses Association (ANA) (2016)
Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (2020-2023)
International Continence Society (ICS) Nursing Committee Chair (2020)

Research

Epidemiology of pelvic floor dysfunction in the male population
Effects of radiation therapy on pelvic floor dysfunction