Dow Division for Urologic Health Services Research
Health Services was launched by James Montie, M.D., and was largely financed by external gifts, endowment sources, the Medical School and the Health System. Under John Wei, M.D., our Urology Health Services Research (HSR) team is one of the two or three best in the world. Furthermore, the University of Michigan is a world leader in health services research in many other fields (Internal Medicine, V A, Pediatrics, etc.) and these individuals will have much influence on the way health care is financed, delivered and even taught in the near future. Many of these faculty members also provide and teach clinical care
John Wei, M.D., is our Heath Services Research leader, having recently published a key textbook on the topic. He is supervising the move of this unit to 14 offices in Michigan House and he mentors the entire HSR division plus our General Urology division, including the three joint Family Urology faculty ftom Family Medicine.
James Montie, M.D.,.sees patients, handles consults From around the planet, oversees the Prostate Cancer Survivorship Program, immerses himself in HSR and is catching up on a decade of personally directed thought and research deferred during his years as our founding chair. As Associate Chair for Strategy and Faculty Development, his leadership and intellect remain cherished resources for our department.
Brent Hollenbeck, M.D., M.S., starting out with competitive Clinical Scholar funding From the Health System, has become a superb leader and producer in the HSR domain with a five-year career development grant from the American Cancer Society. His clinical practice is first rate in Minimally Invasive Urology and Uro-Oncology.
Brent Hollenbeck, M.D., M.S., University of Michigan Health System Department of Urology, discusses the goals and successes of the Urologic Health Services Research program.
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J. Quentin Clemens, M.D., M.S.C.I., our Neurourology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery division head has received an award to make us one of six sites nationally to study interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. He is also developing a joint UroGyn fellowship program. Dr. Clemens is also the second Gallagher Scholar, a competitive award given by the AUA to create a small cohort of urologists who are experts on national health policy issues.
David Miller, M.D., M.P.H., is back with us after his residency and fellowships here as well as at UCLA. Dr. Miller functions in three of our divisions - Minimally Invasive Urology (MIU), HSR, and Uro-Oncology.
Aruna Sarma, Ph.D., is one of our research faculty and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Her research is focused on understanding the natural history and identification of risk factors for BPH from an epidemiologic perspective. She is currently teaching a research methodology course for laboratory residents in our department entitled, "Introduction to Epidemiology."
