Shelby Anderson Powers, MD, MS

Shelby Powers

Undergraduate School
Michigan State University

Graduate School
East Carolina University

Medical School
Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
 

Interests and Career Goals

Substance use, psychosis, psychotherapy, and rural mental health

Favorite Pastimes

Spending time with my family, reading (or listening to audiobooks), attending live music, theater and dance performances

Strengths of the Program

Resident wellness, maintaining physician identity in psychiatry, strong biological training without losing focus on psychotherapy

Research Interests

Opioid use disorder, peripartum substance use, alcohol withdrawal protocols

Publications

  • Turner AC, Powers SA, Odom MR, et al. Impact of prostatic radiation therapy on bladder contractility and innervation. Neurourol Urodyn. 40(6): 1470-1478. 2021
  • Powers SA, Taylor K, Tumin D, et al. Measuring parental presence in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Am J Perinatol. Epub ahead of print. August 20 2020
  • Kays R, Dunn RR, Parsons AW, McDonald B, Perkins T, Powers SA, et al. The small home ranges and large ecological impacts of pet cats. Anim Conserv. 23(5): 516-523. 2020
  • Powers SA, Burleson LK and Hannan JL. Managing female pelvic floor disorders: A medical device review and appraisal. Interface Focus. 6;9(4). 2019
  • Powers SA, Burleson LK and Hannan JL. Managing female pelvic floor disorders: A medical device review and appraisal. Interface Focus. 6;9(4). 2019
  • Powers SA, Ryan TE, Pak ES, et al. Chronic high fat diet decreased detrusor mitochondrial respiration and increased nerve-mediated contractions. Neurourol Urodyn. 1-9. 2019
  • Powers SA, Odom MR, Pak ES, et al. Prostate-confined radiation decreased pelvic ganglia neuronal survival and outgrowth. J Sex Med. 16(1): 27-41. 2019
  • Powers SA, Malik A. Breast amyloidosis detected with 3D mammography. Appl Radiol. 47(1): 37-39. 2018
  • Savage AM, Youngsteadt E, Ernst AF, Powers SA, et al. Homogenizing an urban habitat mosaic: Arthropod diversity declines in NYC parks after Super Storm Sandy. Ecol Appl. 28(1): 225-236. 2018
  • Hannan JL, Powers SA, Wang VM, et al. Impaired contraction and decreased detrusor innervation in a female rat model of pelvic neuropraxia. Int Urogynecol J. 1-8. 2016

Poster Presentations

  • Lumsden R*, Powers SA, Clifton D, et al. Peripartum management of opioid use disorder among patients hospitalized during pregnancy. Society of General Internal Medicine, Aurora, CO, May 11, 2023.
  • Powers SA*, Odom MR, McMains JC, et al. Severe neuropathy and erectile dysfunction after androgen deprivation and cavernous nerve injury are improved with testosterone administration. American Urological Association, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2019.
  • Powers SA*, Odom MR, Pak ES, et al. Testosterone supplementation improves erectile function and neuronal health following androgen deprivation and cavernous nerve injury. Sexual Medicine Society of North America Annual Fall Scientific Meeting. Miami, FL, Nov. 8, 2018.
  • Powers SA*, Odom MR, Pak ES, et al. Pelvic radiation decreases pelvic ganglia neuronal survival resulting in genitourinary smooth muscle dysfunction. Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Day. Durham, NC, May 11, 2018.
  • Odom MR*, Hunt TC, Powers SA, et al. Ex vivo penile vascular function is preserved in male C57Bl6/N mice following a 12-week high fat diet despite diet-induced obesity. American Urological Association Diabetes and Diabetic Uropathy Symposium. Linthicum, MD, Oct. 8, 2017.
  • Odom MR*, Powers SA, Ashcroft KA, et al. Prostatic radiation therapy leads to minor vascular impairments in the internal pudendal artery and the penis of irradiated rats. Duke Multidisciplinary K12 Benign Urologic Research (KURe) Day, Durham, NC, Apr. 28, 2017.
  • Powers SA*, Pak ES and Hannan JL. Pelvic nerve injury reduces autonomic innervations and smooth muscle in a rat model of radical hysterectomy. North Carolina Medical Society Scientific Poster Session, Greensboro, NC Sep. 17, 2016.
  • Powers SA*, Pak ES and Hannan JL. Neuropraxic injury leads to decreased sympathetic bladder innervation in a rat model of invasive pelvic surgery. East Carolina University Medical Student Research Day, Greenville, NC Aug. 17, 2015.pelvic neuropraxia. Int Urogynecol J. 1-8. 2016

Oral Presentations

  • Validation of an animal model of pelvic radiation induced female sexual and urinary dysfunction. American Urological Association, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2019.
  • Pelvic radiation reduces vaginal blood flow and increases vaginal smooth muscle contraction. International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 7-10, 2019.
  • Time dependent impaired regenerative capacity and increased nitrergic apoptosis in pelvic neurons post-radiation therapy. American Urological Association, San Francisco, CA, May 20, 2018.
  • Prostatic radiation therapy induces pelvic neuron apoptosis and bladder and penile dysfunction. East Carolina University Research and Creative Achievement Week, Greenville, NC, Mar. 26, 2018.
  • Pelvic neuron apoptosis leads to impaired bladder contractility in a rat model of prostatic radiation. Society for Pelvic Research, Reno, NV, Dec. 2-3, 2017.
  • Mitochondrial mutations contribute to increased voiding frequency and impaired cholinergic contraction in a model of premature aging. American Urological Association, Boston, MA, May 12-16, 2017.
  • Pelvic nerve injury leads to increased Rho-kinase mediated adrenergic vasoconstriction of the distal vagina. International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, Charleston, SC, Feb. 25-28, 2016.