Mid-urethral slings are the most common surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence. Although majority of cases are successful, a proportion of patients can develop voiding dysfunction after surgery. It is important for practitioners to know how to identify and manage potential complications when they may occur. With no definitive guideline there is a continual debate particularly on timing and treatments options for post-operative voiding dysfunction. This webinar will review the evaluation and management options available for voiding dysfunction after SUI surgery.

Dr. Kraus is Professor & Vice Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) where he heads the Division of Female Urology, Neuro-Urology & Voiding Dysfunction. He completed his undergraduate education at Brandeis University in 1987 and received his MD from UMDNJ-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1991 where he also completed his residency in urology. He completed a fellowship in Neuro-Urology, Incontinence, and Urodynamics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and he received his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at the UTHSCSA.  Dr Kraus received his subspecialty certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) from the American Board of Urology in June 2013. More recently, Dr Kraus obtained his MBA with a healthcare focus from the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business in 2020.

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr Kraus is also a member of: the American Urological Association, the International Continence Society and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) .  He is on the Board of Directors for SUFU and for the Texas Urological Society where he also serves as Chair of the Education Committees for both organizations.

Dr Kraus has served as faculty for many post graduate courses on topics including Neurourology, Female Urology, Overactive Bladder, Male Incontinence & Voiding Disorders and Urodynamics. Dr Kraus served on the AUA Guidelines Panel on Urodynamics and the AUA Guidelines Panel on Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. Dr Kraus is co-Chair of the AUA Guidelines Panel on Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and also heads the SUFU OAB Clinical Care Pathway Project.

Dr. Kraus is actively engaged in research and has served as principal investigator for a variety of studies and grants including the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network, sponsored by the NIH/NIDDK. In addition to serving on the editorial board of Drugs & Aging and BMC Urology, Dr. Kraus serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, Urology and Neurourology & Urodynamics.

Dr Kraus’ clinical practice is heavily focused on urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, Neurogenic Bladder and complex voiding disorders. 

Dr. David Ossin earned a Bachelor of Science in nutritional science from the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. He attended medical school at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel. After medical school, he completed a preliminary year in general surgery at Brown University. He then completed his residency in obstetrics/gynecology at Orlando Health, in Orlando, Florida. He began FPMRS fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida and is currently finishing his fellowship in FPMRS at University of Texas Health San Antonio