Clinical Focus

• Urinary Incontinence
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Chronic Interstitial Cystitis
• Urinary Fistula
• Urology

Honors and Awards

• America's Top Doctors, Castle-Connolly, Ltd. (2001 to 2010)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Urology

Community and International Work

• Research and treatment of vesicovaginal fistula, Currently in Gondar, Ethiopia 

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

Obstetric Fistula Projects:
1. Preoperative ultrasound evaluation to detect ureteric involvement in vesicovaginal fistulas
2. Patient narrative study to identify key medical, social and economic factors that lead to fistula formation
3. Study of urinary continence after fistula repair

Pelvic pain: investigation into role of pelvic floor in chronic pelvic pain

Publications

• Mechanisms of pelvic floor muscle function and the effect on the urethra during a cough. Lovegrove Jones RC, Peng Q, Stokes M, Humphrey VF, Payne C, Constantinou CE. Eur Urol. 2010; 57 (6): 1101-10
• Reply to Peter E.P. Petros' Letter to the Editor re: Ruth C. Lovegrove Jones, Qiyu Peng, Maria Stokes, Victor F. Humphrey, Christopher Payne, Christos E. Constantinou. Mechanisms of Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and the Effect on the Urethra During a Cough. Eur Urol 2010;57:1101-10. Jones RL, Peng Q, Stokes M, Humphrey V, Payne C, Constantinou C. Eur Urol. 2010
• Urodynamics for the evaluation of painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis. Payne C, J Urol. 2010; 184 (1): 15-6
• Epidural steroid injections in the management of a patient with spinal stenosis and urinary urgency. Mitra R, Huang L, Payne C. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2009; 6 (2): 113-5
• Goal achievement provides new insights into interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome symptoms and outcomes. Payne C, Allee T. Neurourol Urodyn. 2009; 28 (1): 13-7