William Gibson

Area of Study / Keywords

Incontinence Cognition Dual task Diverted attention Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms geriatrics old age ageing

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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 also completed a Geriatric Incontinence Fellowship at the University of Alberta.

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.

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 Hospital, and provides outreach services to Vegreville.

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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. He is author or co-author on several published scientific articles in the geriatrics field.

Dr. Gibson holds a Canadian Geriatrics Society Research Grant awarded in 2017.        

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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.

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

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Gibson W., Jones A., Hunter K., Wagg A.

PLoS ONE. 2021 October; 16 (10 October) 10.1371/journal.pone.0257506

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Gibson W.

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine. 2021 March; 31 (3):63-71 10.1016/j.ogrm.2021.01.003

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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

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Gibson W., Makhani A., Hunter K.F., Wagg A.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2020 December; 23 (4):329-334 10.5770/CGJ.23.423