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Joel Gelman

Joel Gelman

🇺🇸 United States🏥 UC Irvine, Center for Reconstructive Urology
Mentored by · fellowship 1997
Gerald H. Jordan

Training and career​

  • Current position Clinical professor of urology and chief of the Division of Reconstructive Urology, UC Irvine.1
  • Medical school Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.2
  • Residency Urology, UCLA2
  • Fellowship Adult and pediatric male genitourinary reconstruction, Devine Center, Norfolk, Virginia, with Gerald Jordan.1
  • Leadership Founder and codirector, endowed GURS fellowship in male genitourinary reconstruction, UC Irvine.1

Key Publications​

His cited work covers urethral stricture management, including staged and buccal graft urethroplasty, posterior stenosis repair, direct-vision dilation, and a visualizing urethral sound.P4P1P5P6P3

  1. Gelman J, Liss MA, Cinman NM. "Direct Vision Balloon Dilation for the Management of Urethral Strictures." Journal of Endourology. 2011;25(8):1249–1251. doi

    Direct-vision balloon dilation of urethral stricture (2011). Described use of a balloon dilator that permits urethral stricture dilation under direct vision.

    Cited on: DVIU and Urethral Dilation · Balloon Dilator — Urethral, Ureteral, BNC, Prostatic · Filiforms & Followers
  2. Gelman J, Sohn W. "1-Stage Repair of Obliterative Distal Urethral Strictures With Buccal Graft Urethral Plate Reconstruction and Simultaneous Onlay Penile Skin Flap." Journal of Urology. 2011;186(3):935–938. doi

    Combined buccal graft and penile skin flap urethroplasty (2011). Reported single-stage repair of obliterative distal urethral strictures using a dorsal buccal graft and ventral penile skin flap.

    Cited on: Combined Dorsal BMG + Ventral Fasciocutaneous Flap (Erickson)
  3. Gelman J, Siegel JA. "Ventral and Dorsal Buccal Grafting for 1-Stage Repair of Complex Anterior Urethral Strictures." Urology. 2014;83(6):1418–1422. doi

    Dorsal and ventral double-buccal-graft urethroplasty (2014). Reported single-stage dorsal and ventral buccal graft reconstruction for long anterior strictures with obliterative segments.

    Cited on: Ventral Onlay Oral Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty · Quilting Stitch · Combined Dorsal BMG + Ventral Fasciocutaneous Flap (Erickson)
  4. Furr JR, Wisenbaugh ES, Gelman J. Long-term outcomes for 2-stage urethroplasty: an analysis of risk factors for urethral stricture recurrence. World J Urol. 2021;39(10):3903–11. doi
    Cited on: Split-Thickness Skin Graft (STSG) · Quilting Stitch · Bracka Two-Stage Urethroplasty
  5. Barnard J, Liaw A, Gelman J. "Long-term follow-up suggests high satisfaction rates for bulbomembranous radiation-induced urethral stenoses treated with anastomotic urethroplasty." World J Urol. 2023;41(7):1905–1912. doi
    Cited on: Gelman Visualizing Urethral Sound (CS7001) · Haygrove Sound · Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  6. Gelman J, Wisenbaugh ES. "Posterior urethral strictures." Adv Urol. 2015;2015:628107. doi
    Cited on: Gelman Visualizing Urethral Sound (CS7001) · Haygrove Sound · Gelman Adapter for Retrograde Urethrography

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

9 additional publications with Joel Gelman as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Wisenbaugh E, Moskowitz D, Gelman J. Reconstruction of massive localized lymphedema of the scrotum. Urology. 2018;112:176–180. doi
    Cited on: Genital Lymphedema · Giant Penoscrotal Lymphedema (Genital Elephantiasis) · Debulking Scrotoplasty — Excision With Primary Closure
  2. Ho TS, Gelman J. "Evaluation and management of adult acquired buried penis." Transl Androl Urol. 2018;7(4):618–627. doi
    Cited on: Giant Penoscrotal Lymphedema (Genital Elephantiasis) · Hidradenitis Suppurativa — Genitourinary Disease · Buried Penis Repair
  3. Furr J, Hebert K, Wisenbaugh E, Gelman J. "Complications of genital enlargement surgery." J Sex Med. 2018;15(12):1811–1817. doi
    Cited on: Small Penis Syndrome (SPS) & Penile Dysmorphic Disorder (PDD) · Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Dermal Fat Grafts & AlloDerm (ADM) Wraps — Surgical Graft-Based Penile Girth Augmentation
  4. Rourke K, Gelman J. "Anastomotic urethroplasty is associated with a lower risk of stricture recurrence compared with buccal mucosa graft onlay after reconstruction for radiation-induced bulbomembranous urethral stenosis." J Urol. Published online August 26, 2026. doi
    Cited on: Radiation & Tissue Effects in the Genitourinary Tract · Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Dorsal Onlay Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty for Posterior Stenosis
  5. Barham DW, Lee J, Ghaziyar H, Gelman J. "Complications of the Penuma penile implant for genital enhancement." J Sex Med. 2025;22(5):975–977. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Penuma® & Himplant — Subcutaneous Silicone Penile Sleeve
  6. Furr JR, Wisenbaugh ES, Gelman J. Urinary and sexual outcomes following bulbar urethroplasty — an analysis of 2 common approaches. Urology. 2019;130:162-166. doi
    Cited on: Excision and Primary Anastomosis (EPA) · Muscle-Sparing Urethroplasty
  7. Furr J, Gelman J. "Endoscopic Management of Urethral Stricture Disease and Bladder Neck Contractures." J Endourol. 2020;34(Suppl 1):S7–S12. doi
    Cited on: Van Buren Sound
  8. Carrillo C, Wisenbaugh ES, Gelman J. "The visualizing urethral sound in posterior urethral reconstruction." J Urol. 2012;187(4S):e3. (AUA 2012 Abstract V06-6). doi
    Cited on: Gelman Visualizing Urethral Sound (CS7001)
  9. Gelman J. "Curriculum Vitae – Condensed Version." Center for Reconstructive Urology, pp. 7, 9. centerforreconstructiveurology.org.
    Cited on: Gelman Visualizing Urethral Sound (CS7001)

Footnotes​

  1. Joel Gelman, MD. UC Irvine Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Joel Gelman, MD. Orange County, CA. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2