
Jay Simhan
Training and career
- Current position Professor and chair of urology, Temple University Hospital and Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University1
- Medical school University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2
- Residency Urology, Temple University Hospital2
- Fellowship Genitourinary trauma, reconstruction, and prosthetics, UT Southwestern Medical Center3
- Leadership Chair, Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Fellowship Committee4
Key Publications
Simhan's cited work includes multi-institutional studies of dorsal onlay buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for postradiation posterior urethral stenosis and a review of its contemporary management.P3P4P5
- Simhan J, Morey AF, Zhao LC, et al. "Decreasing Need for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Revision Surgery by Precise Cuff Sizing in Men with Spongiosal Atrophy." Journal of Urology. 2014;192(3):798–803. doi
Artificial urinary sphincter cuff sizing and revision (2014). Simhan led a study associating more precise cuff sizing with fewer artificial urinary sphincter revisions for spongiosal atrophy.
Cited on: Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Procedure) - Simhan J, Morey AF, Singla N, et al. "3.5 cm Artificial Urinary Sphincter Cuff Erosion Occurs Predominantly in Irradiated Patients." Journal of Urology. 2015;193(2):593–597. doi
Radiation-associated erosion with a 3.5 cm AUS cuff (2015). Simhan led a study reporting greater 3.5 cm artificial urinary sphincter cuff erosion risk among irradiated patients.
Cited on: Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Procedure) - Sterling J, Simhan J, Flynn BJ, et al. "Multi-Institutional Outcomes of Dorsal Onlay Buccal Mucosal Graft Urethroplasty in Patients With Postprostatectomy, Postradiation Anastomotic Stenosis." J Urol. 2024;211(4):596–604. doi
- Ivan SJ, Lee M, Simhan J. "Contemporary management of radiation-associated posterior urethral stenosis: a narrative review." Transl Androl Urol. 2025;14(10):3377-3386. doi
- Policastro CG, Simhan J, Martins FE, et al. A multi-institutional critical assessment of dorsal onlay urethroplasty for post-radiation urethral stenosis. World J Urol. 2021;39(7):2669-2675. doi
Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI
11 additional publications with Jay Simhan 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.
- Hammad MAM, Barham DW, Simhan J, et al. A Multicenter Evaluation of Penile Curvature Correction in Men With Peyronie's Disease Undergoing Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Placement. The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2025;22(2):349-355. doi
- Daneshvar M, Simhan J, Blakely S, et al. "Transurethral Ventral Buccal Mucosa Graft Inlay for Treatment of Distal Urethral Strictures: International Multi-Institutional Experience." World J Urol. 2020;38(10):2601–2607. doi
- Dugi DD, Simhan J, Morey AF. "Urethroplasty for stricture disease: contemporary techniques and outcomes." Urology. 2016;89:12–8. doi
- Ivan S, Maffucci F, Simhan J. Surgical Management of Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Complications. In: Joshi PM, Aubé-Peterkin M, Kulkarni SB, Datar G, eds. Surgical Atlas of Urethroplasty. Springer; 2024:389-404. doi
- Lucas JW, Lester KM, Chen A, Simhan J. "Scrotal Reconstruction and Testicular Prosthetics." Transl Androl Urol. 2017;6(4):710-721. doi
- Xiang A, Braun AE, Chang C, Swerdloff D, Gross MS, Simhan J. "Penoscrotal inflatable penile prosthesis recipients often fully recover from pain at two weeks following placement." Int J Impot Res. 2025;37(2):133-138. doi
- Wilson SK, Simhan J, Gross MS. "Cylinder insertion into scarred corporal bodies: prosthetic urology's most difficult challenge: some suggestions for making the surgery easier." Int J Impot Res. 2020;32(5):483–494. doiCited on: Cavernotomes
- Tong CMC, Lucas J, Shah A, Foote C, Simhan J. “Novel Multi-Modal Analgesia Protocol Significantly Decreases Opioid Requirements in Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Patients.” J Sex Med. 2018;15(8):1187–1194. doiCited on: Perioperative Analgesia
- Starke NR, Simhan J, Clinton TN, et al. "'7-flap' perineal urethrostomy: an effective option for obese men with devastated urethras." Can J Urol. 2015;22(4):7902-7906. PMID:26267029.Cited on: Midline Perineal Urethrostomy
- Chung PH, Morey AF, Tausch TJ, Simhan J, Scott JF. High submuscular placement of urologic prosthetic balloons and reservoirs: 2-year experience and patient-reported outcomes. Urology. 2014;84(6):1535–40. doi
- Chung PH, Tausch TJ, Simhan J, Scott JF, Morey AF. Dorsal plication without degloving is safe and effective for correcting ventral penile deformities. Urology. 2014;84(5):1228–1233. doiCited on: Tunica Plication for Peyronie's Disease