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Joshua A. Broghammer

Joshua A. Broghammer

🇺🇸 United States🏥 University of Kansas Medical CenterMD
Mentored by · fellowship 2008
Hunter Wessells
with Bryan B. Voelzke

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urologic surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center12
  • Medical school University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2002)13
  • Residency General surgery internship (2003) and urology residency (2007), Wayne State University and Detroit Medical Center13
  • Fellowship Trauma and reconstructive urology with Hunter Wessells, University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center (2007–2008)24
  • Leadership Former chair, Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons3
  • TURNS Founding member, Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons145

Key Publications​

Broghammer coauthored the 2014 American Urological Association Urotrauma Guideline and its 2020 amendment.P4P1 His other cited work includes TURNS studies of bladder neck contracture and a review of nonoperative management of renal injury.P2P3

  1. Morey AF, Broghammer JA, Hollowell CMP, McKibben MJ, Souter L. "Urotrauma Guideline 2020: AUA guideline." J Urol. 2021;205(1):30–35. doi

    AUA Urotrauma Guideline amendment (2021). Coauthored the 2020 amendment, which updated six statements on renal, ureteral, bladder, urethral and genital trauma and added four, including suprapubic tube placement after pelvic fracture urethral injury and ultrasonography for blunt scrotal injury.

    Cited on: Renal Trauma · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI) · The Bladder
  2. Redshaw JD, Broghammer JA, Smith TG 3rd, et al. "Intralesional injection of mitomycin C at transurethral incision of bladder neck contracture may offer limited benefit: TURNS Study Group." J Urol. 2015;193(2):587–592. doi

    Mitomycin C injection at transurethral incision of bladder neck contracture (2015). Coauthored a six-center TURNS review of 55 men in which 58% had resolution after one incision with mitomycin C and 75% after repeat treatment, with serious adverse events in 7%.

    Cited on: Bladder Neck Contracture · Transurethral Incision of Bladder Neck Contracture (TUIBNC) · Antimitotics and Antifibrotics
  3. Broghammer JA, Fisher MB, Santucci RA. "Conservative management of renal trauma: a review." Urology. 2007;70(4):623–629. doi

    Conservative management of renal trauma (2007). Lead author, with Richard Santucci, of a review of nonoperative management of renal injuries.

  4. Morey AF, Brandes S, Dugi DD 3rd, Armstrong JH, Breyer BN, Broghammer JA, Erickson BA, Holzbeierlein J, Hudak SJ, Pruitt JH, Reston JT, Santucci RA, Smith TG 3rd, Wessells H. "Urotrauma: AUA guideline." J Urol. 2014;192(2):327–335. doi

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

1 additional publication with Joshua A. Broghammer as a listed author is 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. Broghammer JA, Wessells H. Repair of Genital Injuries. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:988–997.
    Cited on: Genital & Scrotal Trauma

Footnotes​

  1. Joshua A. Broghammer, M.D., FACS. University of Kansas Medical Center. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Trauma and Reconstruction Fellowship Graduates. Department of Urology, University of Washington. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Joshua A. Broghammer, MD. The University of Kansas Health System. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. Joshua A. Broghammer, MD, FACS. Members, Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  5. Members. Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons. Accessed October 2026. ↩