Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic
Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction

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David A. Ginsberg, MD, received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.D. at the University of Southern California ( USC), where he also stayed for his urology residency. In 1997, Dr. Ginsberg served as Clinical Instructor and Fellow in Female Urology, Neurourology and Reconstruction at UCLA during his fellowship year with Dr. Shlomo Raz. Dr. Ginsberg subsequently returned to USC and is presently an Associate Professor of Urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and co-chief of the USC Continence Center. In addition, Dr. Ginsberg is Chief of Urology at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, an internationally respected facility focusing on the care of patients with spinal cord injury and other neurologic diseases.

Dr. Ginsberg has been actively involved with SUFU for many years. This has included multiple abstract presentations by himself as well as his residents and fellows, invited lectures and, in 2008, Dr. Ginsberg served as co-chair for the 2008 SUFU program focusing on Neurogenic Bladder which preceded the annual AUA meeting. Dr. Ginsberg was a member of the AUA Urology Core Curriculum Section for Neuropathic Bladder and is a present member of the AUA/ABU Examination Committee. Dr. Ginsberg has served as faculty for the course “Controversies in Female Urology” at the annual AUA meeting since 2008 and has also had the honor to speak several times during the plenary session at the AUA annual meeting.

Dr. Ginsberg's present research interests focus on lower urinary tract reconstruction in SCI patients, urologic applications of botulinum toxin (Dr. Ginsberg was a lead investigator for trials that led to the FDA approval of botulinum toxin for the indication of NGB) and long-term follow-up issues for patients with neurogenic bladder. Dr. Ginsberg is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters and is a regular reviewer for journals such as Journal of Urology, Urology, Neurourology & Urodynamics and Neurosurgery. He is on the urological editorial board for Medscape and Neurourology and Urodynamics.

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J. Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI is the Edward J. McGuire Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Urology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He graduated from Goshen (IN) College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science 1989. Afterwards he obtained his MD degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 1993. Dr. Clemens then completed his urologic residency training at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his Fellowship in Neurourology, Reconstruction and Incontinence with Edward J. McGuire at the University of Michigan in 2000. He was then a member of the full-time academic Urology faculty at Northwestern from 2000 to 2007. He completed his MS degree from The Graduate School of Northwestern University in 2003. Dr. Clemens was named Director of the Division of Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery and Director of the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan in 2007. In 2019, he was promoted to Associate Chair for Research for the Department of Urology. Dr. Clemens’ clinical interests include female urinary incontinence, complex fistulas and mesh erosions, bladder dysfunction due to neurologic disease, and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. He is a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Executive Committee. He has served as a member of the AUA Core Curriculum Committee, and on numerous AUA Clinical Practice Guidelines Committees. In 2014, he received the Paul Zimskind Award from SUFU for his accomplishments in the field of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Clemens has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. He is the Associate Editor for AUA News and he is the author for the UpToDate chapters on interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and male urinary incontinence. Dr. Clemens’ research interests are in the areas of epidemiology and health services research related to benign urologic diseases. He has been Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects related to urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis, including the current NIDDK MAPP Research Network and NIDDK LURN Research Network. He has been Chair of the MAPP Network since 2013. Dr. Clemens has also been actively involved in health policy issues with the American Urological Association (AUA), where he was named the Gallagher Health Policy Scholar for 2008-2009. He is past Chair of the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, and past Chair of the AUA Data Committee. As Chair of the Data Committee, he led the development and administration of the AQUA registry, the AUA census and the AUA data grants program. For these activities he was awarded the 2018 AUA Distinguished Service Award.

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Anne K. Pelletier-Cameron, MD, FRCSC, FPMRS

Anne K. Pelletier-Cameron, MD, FRCSC, FPMRS is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan and director of the Clinical Urology Research Endeavor (CURE). She received her undergraduate degree at the University of New Brunswick. After completing her medical degree at the University of Ottawa and residency in urology at Dalhousie University, she came to the University of Michigan for a fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstruction. Dr. Cameron remains at the university where she is an active clinician, but also participates in several research trials including the NIDDK Funded LURN. Her clinical interests include complex incontinence, female urethral disease and the care of neurogenic bladder. She also has a strong interest in medical education and is associate fellowship director and clerkship director for the urology residency. She is also a member of the doctoring faculty in the newly created medical school curriculum which includes teaching, coaching and curriculum development.

Dr. Cameron is active with the Society of Women in urology serving on their Board of Directors and as the annual meeting Scientific Chair and active with the AUA serving on the Core Curriculum as well as a member the on the Neurologic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Guideline Committee. Dr. Cameron has also been very active with SUFU serving on multiple committees including the Young SUFU committee and the SUFU Urodynamics Antibiotic Prophylaxis Task Force and was awarded the Paul Zimskind research award in 2018.

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Sandip Vasavada, MD, serves as the Urologic Director, Center for Female Urology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, at Cleveland Clinic within the Glickman Urological Institute. Together with his other colleagues he helps represent one of the largest centers for female urology and reconstructive genitourinary surgery in the country. He is also Professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and has a joint appointment with the Women's Institute. Dr. Vasavada completed his medical school training in the competitive six-year combined BS/MD program at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in 1991. Upon graduation, he began his urology residency at Cleveland Clinic and graduated the residency in 1997. Subsequently, he began a fellowship in female urology, neuro-urology and reconstruction at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, Calif. He then took a position as Assistant Professor of Urology at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia prior to returning to Cleveland Clinic in 2001. Dr. Vasavada has published numerous manuscripts and book chapters in the area of voiding dysfunction and urinary incontinence and has been named to "Top Docs" in Philadelphia and Cleveland magazines for the past several years. He has published three textbooks, the first entitled Female Urology, Urogynecology and Voiding Dysfunction (Marcel-Dekker, N.Y., 2005) and his second book on Female Urology and Pelvic Organ Prolapse with co-author Howard Goldman, MD (Humana Publishing, 2007) and completed his third book in 2014. He has authored over 90 manuscripts and over 25 book chapters and numerous abstracts as well. He has presented numerous surgical videos and has lectured and demonstrated surgical techniques around the world. He has been named as “Teacher of the Year in 2011” and has helped train fellows in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery for the past 14 years. Dr Vasavada is a reviewer for seven major journals in the field of urology and/or voiding dysfunction. Dr. Vasavada's main clinical interests lie in the area of urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and complex reconstruction of the lower urinary tract and management of complications of vaginal and lower urinary tract surgery. His current research interests are in the field of refractory bladder overactivity and neuromodulation and care pathways for optimizing care in patients undergoing incontinence and prolapse surgery. Dr. Vasavada serves with the Cleveland Clinic Section of Urogynecology on the NIH-Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (NIH-PFDN).