Alan J. Wein, MD

Alan J. Wein, MD is
professor and chair of the Division of Urology at the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Chief of Urology at the Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Princeton
University and received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine. He completed residencies in surgery and urology
at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship
at the Harrison Department of Surgical Research in urology at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has been certified
and re-certified by the American Board of Urology Dr. Wein has been
recognized nationally and internationally through his many affiliations
and professional memberships which include the American Urological
Association, the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons,
the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, the Society of Pelvic
Surgeons and the Société Internationale d’Urologie. He is the 1992
recipient of the Urodynamics Society Lifetime Achievement Award,
the 1996 recipient of the F. Brantley Scott Award of the American
Foundation for Urologic Diseases, the 1997 recipient of the Hugh
Hampton Young Award of the American Urological Association, and
the Distinguished Service Award of the American Urological Association
in 2000. In 2001 he was presented the Distinguished Contribution
Award by the American Urological Association. In 1996 Dr. Wein delivered
the Ramon Guiteras Lecture at the annual meeting of the American
Urological Association. He has served on numerous medical committees
and advisory boards both domestically and internationally, and has
received numerous awards and honors for excellence in the field
of urology. He has held or does hold editorial positions on many
well-respected journals including Journal of Urology, Urology, Neurourology
and Urodynamics the British Journal of Urology International, and
the Survey section of the Journal of Urology. Dr. Wein has published
more than 700 articles, 14 books, and has more than 20 multimedia
presentations to his credit. His extensive experience in the field
of urology has afforded him the opportunity to participate in academic
activities, meetings, and courses as a speaker, faculty member,
and chairperson. He is a prodigious lecturer with over 500 invited
academic activities over the course of his career, including the
co-chairmanship of the World Health Organization 1st and 2nd International
Consultations on Incontinence. His fields of interest lie in urologic
oncology, voiding function and dysfunction, the physiology and pharmacology
of voiding function and dysfunction. Dr. Wein is the new editor-in-chief
of Campbell's Urology.

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