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John and Felecia Cain Center for Bladder Health Symposium 2025
J. Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI graduated from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science. Afterwards he obtained his MD degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Clemens then completed his urologic residency at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois and his Fellowship in Neurourology, Reconstruction and Incontinence at the University of Michigan. He is the Edward J. McGuire Professor of Urology, Associate Chair for Research, and Director of the Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Clemens is the President of SUFU, and has served as a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee and on numerous AUA Clinical Practice Guidelines Committees. In 2014, he received the Paul Zimskind Award from SUFU for his accomplishments in the field of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery.
Dr. Clemens’ research interests are in the areas of epidemiology and health services research related to benign urologic diseases. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and has had continuous NIH funding since 2001. He has been Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects related to urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis, including the current NIDDK MAPP Research Network and NIDDK LURN Research Network. He has been Chair of the MAPP Network since 2013.
Dr. Clemens has also been actively involved in health policy issues with the AUA, where he was a Gallagher Health Policy Scholar, Chair of the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, and Chair of the AUA Data Committee. He led the development of the AQUA registry, the AUA census and the AUA data grants program. For these activities he was awarded the 2018 AUA Distinguished Service Award.
