Mary M. Austin, DPT

Dr. Mary Austin received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University in 2008 and has been a pelvic and women’s health clinical specialist since 2012. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Mary worked at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center within their Urogynecology division as the pelvic health physical therapy service chief.

Dr. Austin has been engaged in research and teaching in pelvic health throughout her career. She was the director of the women’s health residency program at Johns Hopkins from 2019-2023, has been an instructor for the Academy of Pelvic Health of the APTA for over 10 years, and has held adjunct faculty positions at the Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences (USUHS) and George Washington University. She has been awarded grants from the Section on Women’s Health and IUGA for her protocol investigating PTNS vs. TENS in the treatment of overactive bladder symptoms, from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research investigating chaperone use in pelvic health physical therapy, and has authored several peer reviewed manuscripts, including the Clinical Practice Guideline for rehabilitation interventions for urge urinary incontinence sponsored by the Academy of Pelvic Health.