Vicki Ratner

Biography:

Vicki Ratner, M.D. completed her undergraduate studies at Columbia University in New York City (NYC), medical school at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, and completed her orthopedic surgery residency at Montefiore and Albert Einstein School of Medicine in NYC.  She is Founder and President Emeritus of the Interstitial Cystitis Association, serving from 1984-2008.  She now works with ESSIC (International Society for the study of Painful Bladder Syndrome) as co-chair of the Patient Advocacy Committee.