William Gibson, MBChB, PhD, FRCP
Personal Website: http://www.drbillgibson.com/
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
- wgibson@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 498-5338
- Address
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1-198 Clinical Sciences Building
11304 83 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 2G3
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Incontinence Cognition Dual task Diverted attention Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms geriatrics old age ageing
About
Personal Statement:
Geriatrics is the area of medicine dealing with medical, cognitive, and functional issues in older people, who tend to have multiple, often competing, problems or diagnoses, and often take multiple medications. Geriatrics encompasses not only the disease, but also the individual, their lifestyle, their function, and their partner and family. Approaching an individual in a holistic manner is central to geriatric medicine.
Dr. Bill Gibson completed medical school at the University of Sheffield, UK, and received higher specialist training in general internal medicine and geriatrics in South Yorkshire, UK. He completed his PhD in Medicine at the University of Alberta in 2019 and has been academic faculty in the FoMD since 2017, promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in 2024.
Leadership and Collaborations:
Dr. Gibson collaborates with colleagues on research projects including the pathology of incontinence, mobility and cardiac health, treatments for incontinence, gait analyses, and analyses of delivery of care.
He sits on the University Health Research Ethics Board, and is Chair of the International Continence Society Ethics Committee, and sits on the ICS Scientific Committee. He is the vice-chair of the Canadian Geriatric's Society CPD committee.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Gibson’s clinical interests include incontinence, frailty, dementia and complex comorbidity in older people. He sees patients at the University of Alberta Hospital and the Glenrose and provides outreach services to Vegreville.
Research
Dr. Gibson receives research funding from the University of Alberta, the Canadian Urological Society, and the Canadian Geriatrics Society. His area of research is urinary incontinence and includes the links between urinary incontinence and falls in older people; the impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on cognitive performance, managing urinary incontinence in dementia; and assessment of drugs used for overactive bladder syndrome.
Teaching
Dr. Gibson delivers both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, as well as being involved in patient and caregiver education for the Alzheimer Society of Alberta & NWT. He is supervisor to post-graduate stringent at the Master's and PhD level, and sits on the Competency Committee for Internal Medicine.
He is an accomplished public speaker and educator with consistently excellent feedback from learners.
Featured Publications
Christina Shaw, William Gibson
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management. 2023 January; 10.2147/tcrm.s269318
Suskind A.M., Vaittinen T., Gibson W., Hajebrahimi S., Ostaszkiewicz J., Davis N., Dickinson T., Spencer M., Wagg A.
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2022 January; 41 (1):14-30 10.1002/nau.24795
Gibson W., Jones A., Hunter K., Wagg A.
PLoS ONE. 2021 October; 16 (10 October) 10.1371/journal.pone.0257506
Gibson W.
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 2021 March; 31 (3):63-71 10.1016/j.ogrm.2021.01.003
Gibson W., Johnson T., Kirschner-Hermanns R., Kuchel G., Markland A., Orme S., Ostaszkiewicz J., Szonyi G., Wyman J., Wagg A.
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2021 January; 40 (1):38-54 10.1002/nau.24549
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2021 January; 10.1002/nau.24549
Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.ogrm.2021.01.003
Gibson W., Makhani A., Hunter K.F., Wagg A.
Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2020 December; 23 (4):329-334 10.5770/CGJ.23.423
Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2020 January; 10.5770/CGJ.23.423
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2020 January; 10.1002/nau.24201
Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2020 January; 10.2147/CIA.S174402
Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2018 January; 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.04.033
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2018 January; 10.1002/nau.23295
Therapeutic Advances in Urology. 2018 January; 10.1177/1756287218801282
Nature Reviews Urology. 2017 January; 10.1038/nrurol.2017.53
European Urology Focus. 2017 January; 10.1016/j.euf.2017.08.008
World Journal of Urology. 2016 January; 10.1007/s00345-015-1702-5
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2016 January; 10.1111/1471-0528.13338
British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2016 January; 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.2.C27
Drugs and Aging. 2015 January; 10.1007/s40266-015-0281-x
Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 2015 January; 10.1007/s11884-015-0304-9
Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2015 January; 10.1002/nau.22602
Clinical Practice. 2014 January; 10.2217/cpr.14.38
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