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About
I am a Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Urology at UT Health San Antonio, where I head the Division of Female Urology, Neuro-Urology & Voiding Dysfunction.
I completed my undergraduate education at Brandeis University in 1987 and received my MD from UMDNJ-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1991, where I also completed my residency in urology. I completed a fellowship in Neuro-Urology, Incontinence and Urodynamics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and received my Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at UT Health San Antonio.
I received my subspecialty certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) from the American Board of Urology in June 2013. More recently, I obtained my MBA with a health care focus from the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business in 2020 and now serve as Senior Hospital Medical Director for Quality and Safety.
As a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, I am also a member of the American Urological Association, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Continence Society and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU). I am on the Board of Directors for SUFU and for the Texas Urological Society where I also serve as Chair of the Education Committees for both organizations.
Research Interests:
I served as faculty for many postgraduate courses on topics including neurourology, female urology, overactive bladder, male incontinence and voiding disorders and urodynamics. I served on the AUA Guidelines Panel on urodynamics and the AUA Guidelines Panel on female stress urinary incontinence. I am co-Chair of the AUA Guidelines Panel on neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction and head the SUFU OAB Clinical Care Pathway Project.
I am actively engaged in research and 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, I serve as a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, Urology and Neurourology & Urodynamics.
My clinical practice heavily focuses on urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, neurogenic bladder and complex voiding disorders.
Articles & Publications
Book Chapters
Rourke R, Dmochowski R, Kraus SR. Neurourology and Detrusor Compliance Abnormalities In: Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (in press). 2020.
Rourke R, Dmochowski R, Kraus SR. Overactive Bladder – Getting to Third Line Therapy In: AUA Update Series (in press). 2020.
Editorials
Jun Song and Stephen R Kraus. Commentary: Choosing the Most Efficacious and Safe Oral Treatment for Idiopathic OAB Urology Practice Update 2022 Jan.
David A Ossin, Stephen R Kraus. Commentary: Changes in the Use of Preoperative Urodynamics for Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery After the VALUE Study Urology Practice Update 2020 Jul.
Ossin DA, Kraus SR. Commentary: Two-Year Safety and Efficacy Outcomes for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder Using a Long-Lived Rechargeable Sacral Neuromodulation System Urology Practice Update 2020 Apr.
Journal Articles
David A. Ginsberg, Timothy B. Boone, Anne P. Cameron, Angelo Gousse, Melissa R. Kaufman, Erick Keays, Michael J. Kennelly, Gary E. Lemack, Eric S. Rovner, Lesley H. Souter, Claire C. Yang, and Stephen R. Kraus. The AUA/SUFU Guideline on Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Evaluation Journal of Urology 2021 Nov;206:1097-1105.
David A. Ginsberg, Timothy B. Boone, Anne P. Cameron, Angelo Gousse, Melissa R. Kaufman, Erick Keays, Michael J. Kennelly, Gary E. Lemack, Eric S. Rovner, Lesley H. Souter, Claire C. Yang, and Stephen R. Kraus. The AUA/SUFU Guideline on Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Treatment and Follow-up Journal of Urology 2021 Nov;206:1107-1113.
Michelle Trbovich, Terry Romo, Marsha Polk, Wouter Koek, Che Kelly, Sharon Stowe, Stephen Kraus, Dean Kellogg. The Treatment of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in persons with spinal cord injury: An open label, pilot study of anticholinergic agent vs. mirabegron to evaluate cognitive impact and efficacy Spinal Cord Series and Cases 2021 Jun;7(50).
Burgio KL, Kraus SR, Johnson TM, Markland AD Vaughan CP, Li P, Redden DT, Goode PS. Combined Behavioral and Two-Drug Treatment for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Overactive Bladder in Men: The COBALT Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Intern Med 2020 Jan:411-419.
Kraus SR, Shiozawa A, Szabo SM, Qian C, Rogula B, Hairston J. Treatment Patterns and Costs Among OAB Patients Treated with Combination Oral Therapy, Sacral Nerve Stimulation, Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation, or OnabotulinumtoxinA in the United States Neurology & Urodynamics 2020 Nov;39(8):2206-2222.
Kathryn L. Burgio, Stephen R. Kraus, Diane Borello-France, Toby C. Chai, Kimberly Kenton, Patricia S. Goode, Yan Xu, John W. Kusek for the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. The Effect of Drug and Behavioral Therapy on Urgency and Voiding Frequency in Women with Urge Incontinence International Urogynecology Journal 2010 Jun;21(6):711-719.
Holly Richter, Michael Albo, Halina Zyczynski, Kimberly Kenton, Peggy Norton, Larry Sirls, Stephen Kraus, Gary Lemack, Heather Littman, Toby Chai. Trial of Midurethral Slings (TOMUS): A Randomized Equivalence Trial of Retropubic vs Transobturator Slings for Stress Incontinence New England Journal of Medicine 2010 Jun;362(22):2066-2076.
Kathryn L. Burgio,PhD, Stephen R. Kraus, MD, Shawn Menefee, MD, Diane Borello-France, PT, PhD, Marlene Corton, MD, Harry W. Johnson, MD, Veronica Mallett, MD, Peggy Norton, MD, Mary P. FitzGerald, MD, Kimberly J. Dandreo, MSc, Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD, Thomas Rozanski, MD, Michael Albo, MD, Halina M. Zyczynski, MD, Gary E. Lemack, MD, Toby C. Chai, MD, Salil Khandwala, MD, Jan Baker, APRN, Linda Brubaker, MD, Anne M. Stoddard, ScD, Patricia S. Goode, MD, Betsy Nielsen-Omeis, RN, BSN, Charles Nager, MD, Kimberly Kenton, MD, Sharon L. Tennstedt, PhD, John W. Kusek, PhD, T. Debuene Chang, MD, Leroy M. Nyberg, MD, PhD, William Steers, MD, for the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Behavior Therapy to Enable Women with Urge Incontinence to Discontinue Drug Treatment Annals of Internal Medicine 2008 Aug;149(3):161-169.
Michael Albo, Holly Richter, Linda Brubaker, Peggy Norton, Stephen R. Kraus, Philipe Zimmern, Toby Chai, Halina Zyczynski, Ananias Dionkno, Sharon Tenndstedt, Charles Nager, Keith Loyd, MaryPat Fitzgerald, Gary E. Lemack, Harry W. Johnson, Weny Lengm, Veronica Mallet, Anne Stoddard, Shawn Menefee, Edward Varner, Kimberly Kenton, Pam Moalli, Larry Sirls, Kimberly Dandreo, John W. Kusek, Leroy Nyberg, and William Steers, for the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network. Burch Colposuspension versus Fasical Sling to Reduce Urinary Stress Incontinence New England Journal of Medicine 2007 May;356:2143-2155.
C. G. Roehrborn, S. A. Kaplan, S. R. Kraus, J. T. Wang, T. Bavendam and Z. Guan. Tolterodine extended release and/or Tamsulosin in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) including overactive bladder (OAB): effects of serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level 2007. p. 157-158. (Urology; vol. 70, no. 3).
Other Publications
Kraus S, Li J, Kristy RM, Lockefeer A, Yang H, Zhou M, Walker DR. Evaluating and understanding combination therapy decision drivers for the treatment of overactive bladder in the United States Urology Practice 2021 Feb.
Rourke E, Meeks W, Pichardo D, Kraus SR. Impact of AUA Practice Guidelines on Urodynamic Practice Patterns Neurourology and Urodynamics 2020.
