John Thomas Stoffel, MD

Dr. John Stoffel is a Professor of Urology and Chief of the Division of Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstruction (NPR) within the University of Michigan, Department of Urology. He completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Lahey Clinic, followed by a female/neuro/reconstructive urology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Stoffel is an active clinician and surgeon, and his clinical and research interests include urinary incontinence, neurogenic bladder, and complex abdominal reconstructive surgery. He has received several federal and industry-sponsored grants to study these topics and has written numerous papers, invited articles, and book chapters on these topics. He has also edited a textbook on the neurogenic bladder, Urologic Care for the Patient with a Progressive Neurologic Condition, edited other invited special editions on neurogenic bladder for journals

He is certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery (FPMRS) and is a member of the Society of Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) and the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS). He is a founding member of the Neurogenic Bladder Research Group (NBRG.org), collaborating with researchers across the United States and Canada. They study and publish quality-of-life outcomes in neurogenic bladder patients. He has chaired national white paperwork groups on Chronic Urinary Retention and Pre-Operative Surgical Care. He has been a committee member for Practice Guidelines and Quality Improvement/Patient Safety for the American Urological Association and is currently the President of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association.

1. Clinical Interests: Male and female urinary incontinence; stress incontinence, overactive bladder; Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Myelomeningocele; neurogenic bladder dysfunction; reconstructive urologic surgery; complications of prior surgery in the urinary tract, urinary fistula/urethral diverticulum

Neurogenic bladder treatment outcomes, urinary incontinence, ureteral reconstruction