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2024 - 2025
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President
J. Quentin Clemens, MD
Bio
University of Michigan Medical Center Department of Urology
3875 Taubman Center
1500 East Medical Center Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0330
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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.
Vice President
Anne Pelletier Cameron, MD, FPMRS
Bio
University of Michigan
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
3875 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330
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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.
Secretary
Alexander Gomelsky, MD, FACS
Bio
LSU Health Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
Room 7-303
Department of Urology
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
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Alex Gomelsky, M.D.
B.E. Trichel Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology
Residency Program Director, Department of Urology
Education:
Undergraduate:
B.A. in Russian and Natural Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 1993
Medical School:
University of Maryland, 1997
Residency:
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 1997 – 2002
Fellowship:
Female Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2002 – 2003
Dr. Gomelsky is a Professor in the Department of Urology at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport where he has been on staff since 2004. He has been Residency Program Director since 2011 and was appointed Chairman of the Department of Urology in November 2016. He is the Director of the Section of Female Urology, Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport. His clinical and research interests entail outcomes in incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery. He has served on the AUA Stress Urinary Incontinence Guidelines Committee and the ABU/AUA Written Examination Committee. Dr. Gomelsky has received the 2012 Paul Zimskind Award from SUFU for contributions to the organization and served as a Southeastern Section Representative to the AUA Leadership Program from 2008 to 2010.
Treasurer
Ariana L. Smith, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Division of Urology
800 Walnut Street, 19th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Immediate Past President
David Alan Ginsberg, MD
Bio
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Ave
Ste 7416
Dept of Uro
Los Angeles, CA 90033
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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.
Member at Large
Nitya Abraham, MD
Bio
Montefiore Medical Center
1250 Waters Place
Penthouse, Urology, Tower 1
Bronx, NY 10461
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Nitya Abraham, MD, Associate Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, joined Montefiore Medical Center in 2015 as a specialist in female pelvic medicine and lower urinary tract reconstruction. Upon graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Abraham completed her medical degree as well as her urology residency training at New York University. She completed her fellowship training in pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at Cleveland Clinic. At Montefiore, she established the pelvic floor program in collaboration with colleagues in the Ob/Gyn department, which offers state of the art treatment for pelvic floor disorders. She is focused on medical education and has been urology residency program director since 2020 and member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine curriculum committee since 2022. She has over 45 peer-reviewed publications and has been funded by research grants from the Department of Defense and SUFU. She specializes in treating urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urethral reconstruction, urinary fistula, mesh complications, and more, using robotic, open, or vaginal approaches depending on what is best suited for her patients.
Member at Large
Benjamin M. Brucker, MD
New York University Medical Center
222 East 41st Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Member at Large
Christopher John Chermansky, MD
Bio
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
1314 Halket Street
Suite 2541
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Dr. Chermansky received his medical training at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Dr. Chermansky completed his surgical internship and urology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas under the chairmanship of both Dr. Paul C. Peters and Dr. John D. McConnell. After performing postgraduate research with Dr. Emil Tanagho in bladder reconstruction at the University of California in San Francisco, he completed his fellowship in female urology and neurourology at the University of Pittsburgh with Dr. Michael B. Chancellor. Dr. Chermansky is board certified in FPMRS by the American Board of Urology. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Urodynamics and Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), the International Continence Society (ICS), and the Americal Urogynecological Society (AUGS). Dr Chermansky is board certified in FPMRS (Femle Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery), and his practice is concentrated on the evaluation and treatment of voiding dysfunction and pelvic organ prolapse in women. He also treats patients with neurogenic bladder. An avid researcher, Dr. Chermansky has studied treatments for bladder overactivity and bladder pain. He has published in the area of stem cell therapy as treatment for female stress urinary incontinence. He is also an investigator in the use of Botulinum Toxin A for Overactive Bladder, Also, he is a Co-investigator in the NIH Pelvic Floor Disorders Network where he has participated in the ROSETTA and ESTEEM trials.
Member at Large
Doreen Eleanor Chung, MD, FRCSC, FPMRS
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
161 Fort Washington Avenue
Department of Urology - HIP 11
New York, NY 10032
Member at Large
Howard B. Goldman, MD, FACS
Bio
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
9500 Euclid Ave., Desk Q10
Cleveland, OH 44195
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Howard B. Goldman is a Professor on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and an expert in quality and patient safety serving as the Institute Vice Chairman for Quality at the Glickman Urologic Institute. He has a joint appointment in the departments of urology and obstetrics and gynecology and is actively involved in the training of fellows and residents, including serving as Fellowship director for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Cleveland Clinic. He has directly trained over 35 fellows and residents who are specialized FPMRS practitioners. Dr Goldman’s interests are in the medical and surgical treatment of urinary incontinence and other types of voiding dysfunction, neuromodulation, prolapse repair, complex reconstructive female urologic surgery and neurourology. His contributions to the literature have been prolific, including author of over 250 articles and book chapters, editor of three textbooks and panel member for a number of standardization, guidelines and best practice statement panels. Within the AUA he has been on the SUI Guidelines as well as Urodynamics guidelines committees. Within ICS he has been on the male LUTS terminology committee as well as the ICS/IUGA female prolapse terminology committee. He also led the group that came up with the ICS sacral neuromodulation best practices document. His prominent international reputation has led to invitations as visiting professor in the United States and abroad as well as numerous invited lectures. He is on the editorial board of a number of journals and is a former Assistant Editor of the Journal of Urology. . He is currently the co-director of the AUA annual review course for part 1 of the ABU exam, is on the AUA Education committee, serves as online education director for IUGA, is the scientific co-chair for the 2020 ICS annual meeting, was the program co-chair for the 2020 SUFU meeting, was on the program committee for the 2020 International Neurourology Society and is the International Consultation on Incontinence committee chair for surgery for male incontinence. Dr Goldman has been involved in and led numerous projects related to innovative treatments utilizing stem cells for SUI, neuromodulation, utilization of urodynamics, management of complications and improvements in safety and efficiency in pelvic floor surgery. Dr. Goldman is an astute physician-scientist, nurturing educator, model leader, and unwavering patient advocate renowned in the field of urology.
Member at Large
Michael J. Kennelly, MD
Bio
Atrium Health
2001 Vail Ave
Suite 360
Charlotte, NC 28207
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Michael Kennelly, MD
holds various faculty teaching positions in the Departments of Urology and Gynecology at Carolinas Medical Center and University of North Carolina School of Medicine - Charlotte Campus. He is Professor of Surgery, Division of Urology & Department of Gynecology at Carolinas Medical Center, Medical Director of the Charlotte Continence Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Director of Urology at Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, and Co-Director of the Women’s Center for Pelvic Health. Dr Kennelly completed his medical school training at University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1989. His postgraduate training included an internship and urologic residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He completed his fellowship training in female urology, neurourology, urodynamics, and reconstructive urology through the Division of Urology at The University of Texas in Houston, Texas. He was an American Urologic Association Scholar between 1994 – 1995 with an emphasis on neuropharmacologic treatments and urodynamic effects in neurogenic bladder and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. Dr. Kennelly is a Diplomat of The American Board of Urology with certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he is also a member of more than 15 professional organizations and holds several leadership positions. He is the Treasurer of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, President of the American Paraplegic Society, Past President of the American Spinal Injury Association and a Board of Director of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction. Listed in Americas Top Doctors for 14 consecutive years (2002-2016), Dr. Kennelly’s clinical, educational, and academic expertise is in male and female voiding dysfunction, neurogenic bladder, and complex lower urinary tract and pelvic floor reconstruction. He participates in numerous clinical trials and regularly serves as organizer, invited lecturer and visiting professor at local, national, and international events. Dr. Kennelly has authored or coauthored several journal articles, book chapters, and educational videos in the areas of urinary incontinence and neurourology and has lectured extensively on these topics.
Member at Large
Una J. Lee, MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Ave
C7-URO
Seattle, WA 98101
Member at Large
Polina Reyblat, MD
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Los Angels Medical Center
4900 Sunset Blvd. 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Member at Large
Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS
Bio
University of California, San Francisco
400 Parnassus Ave
Box 0738
San Francisco, CA 94143
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Dr. Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS
is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she serves as the Vice Chair of the department, the Associate Chair of Academic Affairs, and as the Chief of Neurourology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS). She graduated with a BA in Anthropology from Haverford College (2001) before attending medical school at Albany Medical College (2006). She then completed her urology residency at the University of Connecticut in 2011 and went on to complete two fellowships (in FPMRS and Health Services Research) and a master’s degree in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan (2014).
Dr. Suskind’s clinical interests lie in the treatment of complex lower urinary tract disorders including neurogenic bladder, overactive bladder, and urinary incontinence. Her research focuses on the impact of frailty in older adults undergoing urologic surgery, and she has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the form of R01, R03, K12, and T32 grants. Her research at the intersection of urology and geriatrics has also been acknowledged by many prestigious foundation awards including the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) New Investigator Award (2016), the inaugural AGS Jeffrey H. Silverstein Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Surgical and Related Medical Specialties that are Focused on the Care of Older Adults (2017), and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Paul Zimkind Award (2020). She also serves as the Chair of the Ethics Committee for the International Continence Society (ICS), on the Executive Board for the Society of Women in Urology (SWIU), as an Assistant Editor for the
Journal of Urology
and on the Editorial Board for
Urology Practice.
Member at Large
Tracey Small Wilson, MD, FACS, FPMRS
Bio
University of Alabama At Birmingham
1720 2nd Ave South
FOT-1134
Birmingham, AL 35294
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Dr. Tracey Small Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University and medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine. She received her Urology training from the University of Connecticut and fellowship training in Female Urology, Neurourology and Urodynamics from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is Board Certified and was the first Urologist in the state of Alabama to receive sub-certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in 2013. Dr. Wilson is now a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee. Dr. Wilson is currently the Urology Department’s Director of Medical Student Education and directs the Reproductive Module for all second-year medical students. She is also Co-Director of the fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Her clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor disorders in women, as well as the urologic care of male and female patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. She has a particular interest in the Spina Bifida population and leads a multidisciplinary team in the care of that population.
Early Career Committee Chair
Benjamin M. Brucker, MD
New York University Medical Center
222 East 41st Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Foundation President
Eric Scott Rovner, MD
Bio
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Urology
96 Jonathan Lucas St.
CSB 620
Charleston, SC 29425
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Eric S. Rovner, M.D.
is a Professor in the Department of Urology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the director of the Section of Voiding Dysfunction, Female Urology and Urodynamics in the Department of Urology at MUSC. He has a highly specialized clinical practice within Urology and sees mostly patients with complex voiding problems including urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urinary fistulae and neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
He is a Board Certified member of the American Urological Association, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Society of Pelvic Surgeons, American Association of GU Surgeons, Society of University Urologists, and the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) among others. He is the President of SUFU. Dr. Rovner has served on several committees for the WHO International Consultation on Incontinence and has been a member of the AUA Urodynamics Guidelines Committee, and SUI Guidelines Committee. He has served on the AUA/ABU Exam Committee as well as the ABU Oral Exam Committee.
Dr. Rovner’s research interests include the study of voiding dysfunction, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, neurourology and urodynamics. He has held several visiting professorships and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles, monographs and book chapters on these topics as well as books on urinary incontinence and urodynamics. He has been an invited speaker on numerous occasions throughout the United States and the world, and has been the Principal or co-investigator on multiple grants.
Communications Website Committee Chair
Nitya Abraham, MD
Bio
Montefiore Medical Center
1250 Waters Place
Penthouse, Urology, Tower 1
Bronx, NY 10461
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Nitya Abraham, MD, Associate Professor of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, joined Montefiore Medical Center in 2015 as a specialist in female pelvic medicine and lower urinary tract reconstruction. Upon graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut, Dr. Abraham completed her medical degree as well as her urology residency training at New York University. She completed her fellowship training in pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at Cleveland Clinic. At Montefiore, she established the pelvic floor program in collaboration with colleagues in the Ob/Gyn department, which offers state of the art treatment for pelvic floor disorders. She is focused on medical education and has been urology residency program director since 2020 and member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine curriculum committee since 2022. She has over 45 peer-reviewed publications and has been funded by research grants from the Department of Defense and SUFU. She specializes in treating urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urethral reconstruction, urinary fistula, mesh complications, and more, using robotic, open, or vaginal approaches depending on what is best suited for her patients.
Editor-The Journal of Neurourology and Urodynamics
Anne Pelletier Cameron, MD, FPMRS
Bio
University of Michigan
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
3875 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5330
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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.
Editor-The Journal of Neurourology and Urodynamics
Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (hon), FACS
Bio
Desai Sethi Urology Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Med
1120 NW 14th Street
Miami, FL 33136
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Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD(hon.), FACS is the Founders Professor and Chief of the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Chief of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Residency Program in Urology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed training in Surgery and Urology at the University of Pennsylvania including a fellowship at the Harrison Department of Surgical Research. He has been certified and recertified (voluntary) by the American Board of Urology. He was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Patras, Greece in September 2005, and was made an honorary professor of the Federal State Institute of Urology of Russia in 2010. He is a recipient of the Urodynamics Society Lifetime Achievement Award, the F. Brantley Scott Award of the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases, the Hugh Hampton Young Award of the American Urological Association, both the Distinguished Service Award and the Distinguished Contribution Award of the American Urological Association, the Achievement Award of the Interstitial Cystitis Association, the William P. Burpeau Award of the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology, the Ferdinand C. Valentine Award of the New York Academy of Medicine, and in 2012, Dr. Wein received the Edward L. Keyes Medal, an award recognized as one of the greatest individual citations in the specialty. In 2014, he received the Continence Care Award from The National Association For Continence (NAFC) and, received the Distinguished Graduate Award by the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Wein has authored or co-authored more than 950 articles and chapters, 850 editorials, edited or co-edited 35 books, and has multiple multimedia presentations to his credit. His extensive experience in the field of urology has afforded him the opportunity to participate in numerous invited academic activities, meetings, and courses as a speaker, faculty member and chairperson. He is a prodigious lecturer with over 950 invited academic activities over the course of his career, including the co-chairmanship of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th International Consultations on Incontinence. Throughout his career, he has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine and Castle Connolly as a “Top Doctor®”, and is listed as one of America’s “Best Doctors®” by the Best Doctors in America, Inc. His fields of interest are the physiology and pharmacology of the lower urinary tract, the evaluation and management of lower urinary tract function and dysfunction including problems related to prostate enlargement, urinary incontinence and neurologic disease, and the evaluation and management of urologic cancer.
Education Committee Chair
Doreen Eleanor Chung, MD, FRCSC, FPMRS
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
161 Fort Washington Avenue
Department of Urology - HIP 11
New York, NY 10032
Basic Science Committee Chair
Julie Christianson, PhD
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
MS 3038
Kansas City, KS 66160
Standing Committee Chairs
Fellowship Committee Chair
Tracey Small Wilson, MD, FACS, FPMRS
Bio
University of Alabama At Birmingham
1720 2nd Ave South
FOT-1134
Birmingham, AL 35294
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Dr. Tracey Small Wilson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University and medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine. She received her Urology training from the University of Connecticut and fellowship training in Female Urology, Neurourology and Urodynamics from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is Board Certified and was the first Urologist in the state of Alabama to receive sub-certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in 2013. Dr. Wilson is now a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee. Dr. Wilson is currently the Urology Department’s Director of Medical Student Education and directs the Reproductive Module for all second-year medical students. She is also Co-Director of the fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Her clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor disorders in women, as well as the urologic care of male and female patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. She has a particular interest in the Spina Bifida population and leads a multidisciplinary team in the care of that population.
Health Policy Chair
Michael J. Kennelly, MD
Bio
Atrium Health
2001 Vail Ave
Suite 360
Charlotte, NC 28207
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Michael Kennelly, MD
holds various faculty teaching positions in the Departments of Urology and Gynecology at Carolinas Medical Center and University of North Carolina School of Medicine - Charlotte Campus. He is Professor of Surgery, Division of Urology & Department of Gynecology at Carolinas Medical Center, Medical Director of the Charlotte Continence Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Director of Urology at Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital, and Co-Director of the Women’s Center for Pelvic Health. Dr Kennelly completed his medical school training at University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1989. His postgraduate training included an internship and urologic residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He completed his fellowship training in female urology, neurourology, urodynamics, and reconstructive urology through the Division of Urology at The University of Texas in Houston, Texas. He was an American Urologic Association Scholar between 1994 – 1995 with an emphasis on neuropharmacologic treatments and urodynamic effects in neurogenic bladder and detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. Dr. Kennelly is a Diplomat of The American Board of Urology with certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he is also a member of more than 15 professional organizations and holds several leadership positions. He is the Treasurer of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, President of the American Paraplegic Society, Past President of the American Spinal Injury Association and a Board of Director of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction. Listed in Americas Top Doctors for 14 consecutive years (2002-2016), Dr. Kennelly’s clinical, educational, and academic expertise is in male and female voiding dysfunction, neurogenic bladder, and complex lower urinary tract and pelvic floor reconstruction. He participates in numerous clinical trials and regularly serves as organizer, invited lecturer and visiting professor at local, national, and international events. Dr. Kennelly has authored or coauthored several journal articles, book chapters, and educational videos in the areas of urinary incontinence and neurourology and has lectured extensively on these topics.
Membership Chair
Howard B. Goldman, MD, FACS
Bio
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
9500 Euclid Ave., Desk Q10
Cleveland, OH 44195
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Howard B. Goldman is a Professor on the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and an expert in quality and patient safety serving as the Institute Vice Chairman for Quality at the Glickman Urologic Institute. He has a joint appointment in the departments of urology and obstetrics and gynecology and is actively involved in the training of fellows and residents, including serving as Fellowship director for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Cleveland Clinic. He has directly trained over 35 fellows and residents who are specialized FPMRS practitioners. Dr Goldman’s interests are in the medical and surgical treatment of urinary incontinence and other types of voiding dysfunction, neuromodulation, prolapse repair, complex reconstructive female urologic surgery and neurourology. His contributions to the literature have been prolific, including author of over 250 articles and book chapters, editor of three textbooks and panel member for a number of standardization, guidelines and best practice statement panels. Within the AUA he has been on the SUI Guidelines as well as Urodynamics guidelines committees. Within ICS he has been on the male LUTS terminology committee as well as the ICS/IUGA female prolapse terminology committee. He also led the group that came up with the ICS sacral neuromodulation best practices document. His prominent international reputation has led to invitations as visiting professor in the United States and abroad as well as numerous invited lectures. He is on the editorial board of a number of journals and is a former Assistant Editor of the Journal of Urology. . He is currently the co-director of the AUA annual review course for part 1 of the ABU exam, is on the AUA Education committee, serves as online education director for IUGA, is the scientific co-chair for the 2020 ICS annual meeting, was the program co-chair for the 2020 SUFU meeting, was on the program committee for the 2020 International Neurourology Society and is the International Consultation on Incontinence committee chair for surgery for male incontinence. Dr Goldman has been involved in and led numerous projects related to innovative treatments utilizing stem cells for SUI, neuromodulation, utilization of urodynamics, management of complications and improvements in safety and efficiency in pelvic floor surgery. Dr. Goldman is an astute physician-scientist, nurturing educator, model leader, and unwavering patient advocate renowned in the field of urology.