Jeanette Potts

Dr. Jeannette Potts is a physician, author, speaker, performer and dancer. She is the cofounder of Vista Urology & Pelvic Pain Partners located in the Silicon Valley, California, which provides comprehensive care to those suffering with complex urological pain syndromes. She is also the principal of Dr. Tango, LLC, an enterprise focused on enhancing communication between individuals through the metaphor of Argentine Tango.She earned her bachelors in liberal arts from Lake Erie College for Women She was selected among 23 Fulbright applicants for the IT & T fellowship which allowed her to conduct Anthropological research in Mexico. Before finally applying to Medical School, she worked as an exporter of heavy-duty equipment to Latin America and French speaking countries. She graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in 1991, received Family Medicine Training at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.She received unique fellowship training in urology and office-based procedures at the Cleveland Clinic, where she remained on staff for 15 years, until she moved to California.Dr. Potts has given more than 150 lectures as a visiting professor and guest speaker in over 20 countries for international medical and business institutions around the world.Because of her research and signature biopsychosocial approach to men suffering from chronic genital, pelvic pain and her promotion of men’s health and psychosexual wellbeing, Dr. Potts has been invited to share her perspectives in several forums including the Young President’s Organization as well as WPO/CEO and YEO. Since 2012, she has been the course director at the annual convention of the American Urological Association.During her 15 year tenure as a member of the Glickman Urological Institute, she was awarded the Bruce Hubbard Stewart Fellowship in recognition of her compassionate and humanistic care of patients.Her lecture topics span the controversies of male health issues from prostate cancer screening and active surveillance to management of debilitating pelvic/genital pain syndromes, the growing prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its impact on men, nocturia and sleep, new perspectives on vasectomy and most importantly, seeing and embracing ourselves in our patients.She is the editor of 4 textbooks, including the recently published Men’s Health Primer, by Springer Press. Her book, Tango: Lessons for Life, published by the Cleveland Clinic Press presents many of her lecture and performance metaphors for listening, communicating and healing. These lessons are easily translatable to all human relationships, but have an especially poignant application in the care of patients and loved ones.