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Hunter Wessells

Hunter Wessells

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
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Mentored by · fellowship 1995
Jack W. McAninch
Trainees (9)
🇺🇸 Judith C. Hagedorn · 2016🇺🇸 Alex J. Vanni · 2011🇺🇸 Joshua A. Broghammer · 2008🇺🇸 Thomas G. Smith III · 2009🇺🇸 Christopher D. McClung · 2010🇺🇸 Lindsay A. Hampson · 2016🇺🇸 Paul H. Chung · 2017🇺🇸 Niels Johnsen · 2018🇺🇸 Ziho Lee · 2021

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor of urology, University of Washington1
  • Medical school Georgetown University (MD)1
  • Residency Urology, University of Pennsylvania1
  • Fellowship Reconstructive urology, UCSF1
  • Leadership President, UW Physicians1

Key Publications​

His cited work addresses urethral stricture guidance and reconstruction, including bladder neck and posterior urethral disease. It also covers pelvic fracture urethral injury and other genitourinary trauma.P4P5P6P7

  1. Wessells H, Penson DF, Cleary P, et al. "Effect of Intensive Glycemic Therapy on Erectile Function in Men With Type 1 Diabetes." Journal of Urology. 2011;185(5):1828–1834. doi

    UroEDIC erectile function analysis (2011). Wessells led an analysis of whether intensive glycemic therapy affected later erectile function in men with type 1 diabetes.

  2. Morey AF, Brandes S, Dugi DD, et al. "Urotrauma: AUA Guideline." Journal of Urology. 2014;192(2):327–335. doi

    AUA urotrauma guideline (2014). Wessells was an author of the AUA guideline on evaluation and management of genitourinary injuries.

  3. Wessells H, Angermeier KW, Elliott S, et al. "Male Urethral Stricture: American Urological Association Guideline." Journal of Urology. 2017;197(1):182–190. doi

    AUA male urethral stricture guideline (2017). Wessells chaired the AUA panel that produced its male urethral stricture guideline and later chaired the 2023 amendment panel.

    Cited on: Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis
  4. Wessells H, Morey A, Souter L, Rahimi L, Vanni A. "Urethral Stricture Disease Guideline Amendment (2023)." J Urol. 2023;210(1):64–71. doi
    Cited on: The Oral Cavity · Female Urethra · Antimitotics and Antifibrotics
  5. Johnsen N, Wessells H, Archer-Arroyo K, et al. "Best Practices Guidelines — Management of Genitourinary Injuries." American College of Surgeons. 2025.
    Cited on: Barbed Sutures · Bladder Flap Family · Coudé (Tiemann) Catheter
  6. Ullrich NF, Wessells H. A technique of bladder neck closure combining prostatectomy and intestinal interposition for unsalvageable urethral disease. J Urol. 2002;167(2 Pt 1):634-6. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Neck Closure · Salvage Prostatectomy — Reconstructive Indications · Salvage Prostatectomy for USF
  7. Wessells H, Angermeier KW, Elliott S, et al. Urethral Stricture Disease: AUA Guideline (published 2016; amended 2023), statement 20.
    Cited on: Bovine-Derived Grafts (Pericardium & Dermis) · Human Acellular Dermal Matrix · Porcine Acellular Collagen Matrix

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

20 additional publications with Hunter Wessells 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. Wessells H, Lue TF, McAninch JW. Complications of penile lengthening and augmentation seen at one referral center. J Urol. 1996;155(5):1617–1620. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Dermal Fat Grafts & AlloDerm (ADM) Wraps — Surgical Graft-Based Penile Girth Augmentation · Male Cosmetic Genital Surgery
  2. Figler BD, Chery L, Friedrich JB, Wessells H, Voelzke BB. "Limited panniculectomy for adult buried penis repair." Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015;136(5):1090–1092. doi
    Cited on: Buried Penis · Panniculectomy (Urologic Indications)
  3. Basta AM, Blackmore CC, Wessells H. Predicting urethral injury from pelvic fracture patterns in male patients with blunt trauma. J Urol. 2007;177(2):571–575. doi
    Cited on: Bony Pelvic Anatomy · Male Urethra
  4. Black PC, Miller EA, Porter JR, Wessells H. "Urethral and Bladder Neck Injury Associated With Pelvic Fracture in 25 Female Patients." J Urol. 2006;175(6):2140–4. doi
    Cited on: Primary End-to-End Anastomosis (Female) · Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  5. Black PC, Friedrich JB, Engrav LH, Wessells H. "Meshed Unexpanded Split-Thickness Skin Grafting for Reconstruction of Penile Skin Loss." J Urol. 2004;172(3):976–9. doi
    Cited on: Buried Penis Repair · Penile Skin Grafting
  6. Anema JG, Morey AF, McAninch JW, Mario LA, Wessells H. "Complications related to the high lithotomy position during urethral reconstruction." J Urol. 2000;164(2):360-363. doi
    Cited on: Q-Flap (Morey / Tran / Zinman) · Singapore Flap Urethroplasty
  7. 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
  8. Chung PH, Esposito P, Wessells H, et al. Incidence of Stress Urinary Incontinence After Posterior Urethroplasty for Radiation-induced Urethral Strictures. Urology. 2018;114:188-192. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis
  9. Chung PH, Wessells H, Voelzke BB. Updated outcomes of early endoscopic realignment for pelvic fracture urethral injuries at a Level 1 trauma center. Urology. 2018;112:191-197. doi
    Cited on: Primary Endoscopic Realignment (PER)
  10. Hagedorn JC, Wessells H. "A contemporary update on Fournier's gangrene." Nat Rev Urol. 2017;14(4):205–214. doi
    Cited on: Corticosteroids in Urology
  11. Wessells H, Angermeier KW, Elliott S, et al. Urethral Stricture Disease: AUA Guideline (published 2016; amended 2023), statements 19 and 20.
    Cited on: Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS)
  12. Wessells H, Angermeier KW, Elliott S, et al. Urethral Stricture Disease: AUA Guideline (published 2016; amended 2023). American Urological Association; 2023. Statement 8 discussion.
    Cited on: Sachse Urethrotome

Footnotes​

  1. Hunter B. Wessells M.D.. UW Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5