Michael P. O'Leary

Michael P. O'Leary
Born1952
Framingham, Massachusetts
Education
Known for
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon
FieldUrology
Institutions
Sub-specialtiesMale infertility, erectile dysfunction, benign prostate disease, stone disease
Research
  • Male sexual dysfunction
  • Lower urinary tract symptoms

Michael P. O’Leary (born 1952) is an American urologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, and a former president and chair of the Boston Athletic Association. His work focuses on benign prostate disease, stone disease, male infertility and sexual dysfunction in men.

O'Leary's work has included developing patient-reported outcomes; a tool for measuring male sexual function, and for being named for a scale that measures lower urinary tract symptoms and their impact in people with interstitial cystitis.

Early life and education

Michael Philip O’Leary was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, to a lifelong Boston Athletic Association (BAA) member, who was also a former physician of Walter Brown.[1][2] He completed his early education from Harvard College, where he was a track and cross country runner.[3] In 1978 he gained admission to the George Washington University School of Medicine, from where he graduated in 1980 and also received a Masters in Public Health from Harvard the same year [3] Between 1980 and 1982 he was resident at Tufts University School of Medicine, and then at Massachusetts General Hospital until 1987.[1] He received his board certificate in urology in 1990, after completing a fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine the previous year.[3]

Boston Athletic Association

In 1989 O’Leary joined the BAA, that runs the annual Boston Marathon.[2] In 2013, he was at the finish line of the Boston Marathon bombing.[2] He was elected the BAA's president and Chair of the Board of Governors in 2017 for a six year term, having succeeded the BAA's first female president Joann Flaminio.[2][4][5] In 2023 his position as chair of the board of governors was succeeded by paralympic medallist Cheri Blauwet.[6]

Male sexual dysfunction

O’Leary and colleagues developed the American Urologic Assoc Symptom Score for benign prostatic hyperplasia, also known as the International Prostate Symptom Score or IPSS. He is the principal author of the "Brief Male Sexual Function Inventory"; one patient-reported outcome tool used for measuring male sexual function.[7][8] The questionnaire includes 11 items covering five parts; sexual desire, ejaculation, erection, perception of sexual function, and satisfaction with sex.[8] He is also a medical editor for the Harvard health report titled "What to Do about Erectile Dysfunction".[9][10] In it, he wrote that erections "serve as a barometer", and problems with erections may indicate problems with the heart and blood vessels.[11] This he notes may be prevented by simple lifestyle changes like losing weight, exercising, and stopping smoking.[9][10] The study was one of many that associate the ability to form an erection with cardiovascular health.[12]

Interstitial Cystitis

O'Leary is named for the O'Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index, for measuring lower urinary tract symptoms and their impact in people with interstitial cystitis.[13] It looks at four main symptoms of interstitial cystitis and bladder pain syndrome; bladder pain, urgency, and frequency.[14]

Personal and family

O’Leary is married to Kathleen J. Welch, a retired anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.[4] They live in Dedham, Massachusetts,[2] and have two children, Jacqueline, a marketing director for Dunkin' Donuts,[15] and James, a physician in vascular surgery at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.[16][17][18]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Michael P. O'Leary Named President of the B.A.A. | Boston Athletic Association". www.baa.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "O'Leary named president of Boston Athletic Association". www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Michael Philip O'Leary, MD, MPH - Brigham and Women's Hospital". physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. Michael P. O'Leary Named President of the B.A.A. | Boston Athletic Association". www.baa.org. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Did You Know the Boston Athletic Association Has a Membership?". Runner's World. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. ^ Picazo, Raúl Daffunchio (16 November 2023). "From multiple Paralympic medalist to Chair of the Board of Governors of the BAA". insidethegames.bi. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ Rezaei, Nazanin; Sharifi, Nasibeh; Fathnezhad-Kazemi, Azita; Shafiei, Elham (1 October 2021). "Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Brief Male Sexual Function Inventory: A Cross-Sectional Study". Sexual Medicine. 9 (5): 100409. doi:10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100409. ISSN 2050-1161. PMC 8498951. PMID 34325191.
  8. ^ a b Vechiu, Catalina; O'Donohue, William T. (2018). "35. Sexual Dysfunction". In Maragakis, Alexandros; O'Donohue (eds.). Principle-Based Stepped Care and Brief Psychotherapy for Integrated Care Settings. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. p. 391. ISBN 978-3-319-70539-2.
  9. ^ a b "Erectile dysfunction often a warning sign of heart disease - Harvard Health Publications". Harvard Health. Harvard Health Publishing. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b Coltrera, Francesca (2009). What to Do about Erectile Dysfunction. Harvard Health Publications. ISBN 978-1-933812-65-6.
  11. ^ Ornish, Dean; Ornish, Anne (2019). "I. It works". Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases. Random House Publishing Group. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-525-47997-0.
  12. ^ Randolph, Joshua T.; Burleson, Lindsey K.; Sheffield, Alyssa; Hannan, Johanna L. (2019). "6. Exercise, Sports, and Men's Health". In Yafi, Faysal A.; Yafi, Natalie H. (eds.). Effects of Lifestyle on Men's Health. London: Academic Press. pp. 349–357. ISBN 978-0-12-816665-9.
  13. ^ Reynard, John; Brewster, Simon F.; Biers, Suzanne; Neal, Naomi Laura (2019). "6. Infections and inflammatory conditions". Oxford Handbook of Urology (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-19-878348-0.
  14. ^ Yoshimura, Naoki; Uno, Takashi; Sasaki, Mitsuru; Ohinata, Akira; Nawata, Shigeki; Ueda, Tomohiro (April 2022). "The O'Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index is a clinically useful indicator of treatment outcome in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome with Hunner lesions". International Journal of Urology. 29 (4): 289–296. doi:10.1111/iju.14765. ISSN 1442-2042. PMC 9300131. PMID 34929761.
  15. ^ "How Dunkin' Donuts used creator content to announce a new brand partnership". Popular Pays. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  16. ^ "'Ready to Run': BWHer to Participate in First Marathon". Brigham Bulletin. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  17. ^ "James Joseph O'Leary, IV, M.D." Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Dunkin' Donuts National Donut Day - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

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