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Roger R. Dmochowski

Roger R. Dmochowski

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterMD MMHC FACS
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Role
Founder, Dmochowski School (Vanderbilt)
Trainees (4)
🇺🇸 W. Stuart Reynolds · 2011🇺🇸 Joshua Cohn · 2017🇺🇸 Casey Kowalik · 2018🇺🇸 Melissa R. Kaufman

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology and obstetrics and gynecology; associate surgeon in chief, Vanderbilt University Medical Center1
  • Medical school University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston2
  • Residency University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center13
  • Fellowship Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles13
  • Leadership Founder, Vanderbilt female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery fellowship (2003); program director (until 2020)4

Key Publications​

His cited work examines urethral bulking agents for female stress urinary incontinence, including polyacrylamide hydrogel, calcium hydroxylapatite, and patient factors affecting injection therapy. Other cited papers address overactive bladder treatment with onabotulinumtoxinA and sacral or tibial neuromodulation.P3P4P5P6P7

  1. Dmochowski RR, Blaivas JM, Gormley EA, et al. "Update of AUA Guideline on the Surgical Management of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence." Journal of Urology. 2010;183(5):1906–1914. doi

    AUA female stress urinary incontinence surgical guideline update (2010). First-authored the AUA update on surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence.

  2. Dmochowski R, Chapple C, Nitti VW, et al. "Efficacy and Safety of OnabotulinumtoxinA for Idiopathic Overactive Bladder: A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Randomized, Dose Ranging Trial." Journal of Urology. 2010;184(6):2416–2422. doi

    OnabotulinumtoxinA dose-ranging trial for overactive bladder (2010). Led a randomized dose-ranging trial of intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA for idiopathic overactive bladder with urgency incontinence.

  3. Amundsen CL, Sutherland SE, Kielb SJ, Dmochowski RR. Sacral and Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation for the Management of Overactive Bladder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Advances in Therapy. 2025;42(1):10-35. doi
    Cited on: Axonics Sacral Neuromodulation Systems · Revi — Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation · Implantable Tibial Nerve Stimulation (iTNM)
  4. Sokol ER, Karram MM, Dmochowski R. Efficacy and Safety of Polyacrylamide Hydrogel for the Treatment of Female Stress Incontinence: A Randomized, Prospective, Multicenter North American Study. The Journal of Urology. 2014;192(3):843-849. doi
    Cited on: Bulkamid — Polyacrylamide Hydrogel · Contigen — Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linked Bovine Collagen · Urethral Bulking Agents
  5. Nitti VW, Dmochowski R, Herschorn S, et al. "OnabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of patients with overactive bladder and urinary incontinence: results of a phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled trial." J Urol. 2013;189(6):2186–2193. doi
    Cited on: Botulinum Toxin (Neuromodulation Adjunct) · Botulinum Toxin (OnabotulinumtoxinA & Variants) · Intradetrusor OnabotulinumtoxinA
  6. Sutherland SE, Heesakkers JPFA, Ferrante KL, Dmochowski RR. Impact of Revi Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation on Quality of Life in Patients With Urgency Urinary Incontinence. International Urogynecology Journal. 2026;37(8):2451-2461. doi
    Cited on: Revi — Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation · Implantable Tibial Nerve Stimulation (iTNM) · OASIS (Revi): Implantable Tibial Neuromodulation for Urgency Urinary Incontinence
  7. Mayer RD, Dmochowski RR, Appell RA, et al. Multicenter Prospective Randomized 52-Week Trial of Calcium Hydroxylapatite Versus Bovine Dermal Collagen for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence. Urology. 2007;69(5):876-880. doi
    Cited on: Coaptite — Calcium Hydroxylapatite (CaHA) · Contigen — Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linked Bovine Collagen

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

32 additional publications with Roger R. Dmochowski 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. Faris SF, Milam DF, Dmochowski RR, et al. Urinary diversions after radiation for prostate cancer: indications and treatment. Urology. 2014;84(3):702–706. doi
    Cited on: Radiation & Tissue Effects in the Genitourinary Tract · Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Salvage Prostatectomy — Reconstructive Indications
  2. Sussman RD, Brown ET, Dmochowski RR. Enterocele Repair. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:700-705.
    Cited on: Uterosacral Ligament Suspension (USLS) · Moschcowitz Procedure
  3. Osborn DJ, Dmochowski RR, Kaufman MR, et al. "Cystectomy With Urinary Diversion for Benign Disease: Indications and Outcomes." Urology. 2014;83(6):1433-7. doi
    Cited on: Supratrigonal Cystectomy with Augmentation Cystoplasty · Simple Cystectomy for Benign Disease
  4. Trockman BA, Gerspach J, Dmochowski R, Haab F, Zimmern PE, Leach GE. "Primary bladder neck obstruction: urodynamic findings and treatment results in 36 men." The Journal of Urology. 1996;156(4):1418-1420. doi
    Cited on: Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction · TUIP — Transurethral Incision of the Prostate
  5. Ganabathi K, Leach GE, Zimmern PE, Dmochowski R. "Experience with the management of urethral diverticulum in 63 women." The Journal of Urology. 1994;152(5 Pt 1):1445-1452. doi
    Cited on: Urethral Diverticulum · Urethral Diverticulectomy
  6. Sherman A, Rebullar K, Dmochowski R. A comparison of neuromuscular external stimulator and motion-based sensor devices for the management of urinary incontinence. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2026;23(3):229-234. doi
    Cited on: Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation (PFES)
  7. Brown ET, Dmochowski RR. Bulking agents for incontinence. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:789-790.
    Cited on: Urethral Bulking Agents
  8. Sebesta EM, Cohn JA, Brown ET, Reynolds WS, Kaufman MR, Dmochowski RR. Rectocele repair. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:706-710.
    Cited on: Posterior Colporrhaphy
  9. Game X, Dmochowski R, Robinson D. "Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Are There Effective Treatments?" Neurourol Urodyn. 2023;42(2):401-408. doi
    Cited on: Mixed Urinary Incontinence
  10. Rourke EA, Reynolds WS, Brothers A, Osborn DJ, Dmochowski RR, Kaufman MR. Fascial slings. In: Cardozo L, Staskin D, eds. Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology. Vol 2: Surgical Perspectives. 5th ed. CRC Press; 2023:787-794.
    Cited on: Urethrolysis
  11. Sebesta EM, Kaufman MR, Reynolds WS, Mock S, Dmochowski RR. Diagnosis and treatment of obstruction following incontinence surgery. In: Cardozo L, Staskin D, eds. Textbook of Female Urology and Urogynecology. Vol 2: Surgical Perspectives. 5th ed. CRC Press; 2023:847-859. doi
    Cited on: Urethrolysis
  12. Elmelund M, Sokol ER, Karram MM, Dmochowski R, Klarskov N. Patient Characteristics That May Influence the Effect of Urethral Injection Therapy for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. The Journal of Urology. 2019;202(1):125-131. doi
    Cited on: Bulkamid — Polyacrylamide Hydrogel

Footnotes​

  1. Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, MMHC, FACS. Vanderbilt Health Nashville, TN. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, MA(CM), MMHC, FACS. Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  4. Education: Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩