Dr. Hoyte is the director of the female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is an attending Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Tampa General Hospital, and maintains an active clinical practice specializing in all types of female pelvic floor disorders, including genital prolapse, urinary and fecal incontinence, overactive bladder syndromes, childbirth related pelvic floor injury, and pelvic muscle dysfunction.

 

Dr. Hoyte received the Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, the MD degree from Stanford Medical School, and completed 4 years of residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital joint program. He completed formal fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. He is currently a board certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and an elected member of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. He is the recipient of the 3rd annual June Allyson Award for research from the American Urogynecologic Society, and serves on editorial review boards of several peer reviewed medical journals. Dr. Hoyte has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on varied topics, including MR-based 3D female pelvic anatomy and biomechanics, Overactive Bladder Syndromes, Management of pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence.

Clinical Conditions Treated. Dr Hoyte offers a wide range of successful surgical and nonsurgical therapies for treatment of all types of female pelvic floor dysfunction, including: genital prolapse (Cystocele, Rectocele, Enterocele, Uterine prolapse), Stress Urinary Incontinence, Urge Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Urgency/Frequency, Overactive Bladder, Nocturia, Fecal incontinence, Fecal Urgency, pain with intercourse, Vulvodynia, Painful Bladder, and Interstitial Cystitis.

Surgical therapies include vaginal and abdominal approaches for correction of prolapse and incontinence. Minimally invasive therapies include Botox/Physical therapy for pain and overactive bladder, sacral neuromodulation (Interstim) for severe urge incontinence, urinary retention, and fecal incontinence.

Nonsurgical therapies include medications, physical therapy, electrical stimulation, and behavior modification.

Research. Dr. Hoyte is also an active clinical researcher. In his research, he is seeking to better understand why some women develop pelvic floor dysfunction after childbirth and others do not. His research tools include pelvic imaging, imaging based 3D reconstruction, and computer based simulation of pelvic floor behavior under different conditions. He has developed videos and images of his MR-based 3D reconstructions to demonstrate normal and abnormal pelvic anatomy, many of which are available without charge on the internet.

Clinical appointments may be scheduled through the USF Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at (813) 259-8500. He can be reached via email at: lhoyte@health.usf.edu.

His current research interests include (with relevant website links):

• MR based three-dimensional reconstruction to evaluate pelvic floor dysfunction.
  Tutorial comparing asymptomatic and symptomatic female pelvic anatomy
  Case of complete prolapse
  Case of pessary recent and remote removal
• MR based 3D reconstraction of female reproductive tract anomalies
  Case of septate uterus with double cervix and double vagina
• Image guided surgical planning of gynecologic tumor therapy
  Case of Recurrent Vulvar Angiomyxoma
  Case of Recurrent Bartholins Gland Adenocarcinoma
• In-Utero imaging of fetal anomalies to guide post delivery surgical planning
  Case of Conjoined Twins at 32 weeks gestation