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Thomas G. Smith III

Thomas G. Smith III

🇺🇸 United States🏥 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterMD, FACS
Mentored by · fellowship 2009
Hunter Wessells
with Bryan B. Voelzke

Training and career​

  • Current position Department of Urology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; urology quality officer (since 2020)1
  • Medical school University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (1997)12
  • Residency General surgery and urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center (1997–2003)2
  • Fellowship Trauma and reconstructive urology, University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center (2008–2009), with Hunter Wessells2
  • Career Private practice, Urology Associates of Kerrville, Texas, before fellowship; instructor, University of Washington (2008–2009); assistant professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2009–2011) and Baylor College of Medicine (2011–2018)12
  • Leadership Residency program director, Baylor College of Medicine urology (2012–2015, 2016–2017); chief of urology service, Ben Taub General Hospital (2013–2018); section editor, AUA Core Curriculum (2018–2025)1
  • TURNS Founding member and past president; permanent member of the board of directors (since 2013)12

Key Publications​

Smith served on the American Urological Association Urotrauma Guideline panel and coauthored the 2014 guideline.P1 His cited work covers damage-control management of genitourinary injuries and TURNS multicenter outcomes of artificial urinary sphincter placement.P2P3

  1. 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

    Urotrauma: AUA guideline (2014). Panel member for the guideline, built on a systematic review of 372 studies, that sets statements for the evaluation and management of renal, ureteral, bladder, urethral and genital injuries.

    Cited on: Trauma & Emergencies
  2. Smith TG 3rd, Coburn M. "Damage control maneuvers for urologic trauma." Urol Clin North Am. 2013;40(3):343–350. doi

    Damage control for urologic trauma (2013). Lead author, with Michael Coburn, of a review of damage-control management of renal, ureteral, bladder, urethral and genital injuries in critically injured patients, which are often diagnosed intraoperatively with little or no preoperative imaging.

    Cited on: Damage Control in Genitourinary Trauma
  3. Brant WO, Erickson BA, Elliott SP, Powell C, Alsikafi N, McClung C, Myers JB, Voelzke BB, Smith TG 3rd, Broghammer JA. "Risk factors for erosion of artificial urinary sphincters: a multicenter prospective study." Urology. 2014;84(4):934–938. doi

    Artificial urinary sphincter erosion (2014). Coauthored the TURNS prospective study of 386 sphincters at 8 institutions: 31 (8.0%) were explanted, with higher rates after prior radiation, prior UroLume stent placement and 3.5 cm cuffs.

    Cited on: Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device)

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

3 additional publications with Thomas G. Smith III 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. Redshaw JD, Broghammer JA, Smith TG, 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
    Cited on: Antimitotics and Antifibrotics · Transurethral Incision of Bladder Neck Contracture (TUIBNC)
  2. Singh J, Roubaud MS, Smith TG III, Westney OL. Options for Surgical Reconstruction of the Heavily Irradiated Pelvis. In: Martins FE, Holm HV, Sandhu JS, McCammon KA, eds. Female Genitourinary and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction. Springer; 2023:1063–1098.
    Cited on: Cancer Survivorship
  3. Smith TG, Gettman M, Lindberg G, et al. Ureteral Replacement Using Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa in a Porcine Model. Urology. 2002;60(5):931-934. doi
    Cited on: Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS)

Footnotes​

  1. Thomas G Smith III, MD. UT MD Anderson Cancer Center faculty profile. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. Thomas G. Smith III, MD, FACS. Members, Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons. Roster: TURNS members. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5