Sean Elliott

About

Sean Elliott, MD, MS, is a Professor and Director of Reconstructive Urology at the University of Minnesota. He directs a fellowship in Genitourinary Trauma and Reconstruction and the Urology Clinic at Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare. Dr. Elliott received his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed a urology residency and fellowship in Genitourinary Trauma and Reconstruction at the University of California-San Francisco. He also earned a Master's of Science in Health Services Research at the University of Minnesota and completed a leadership development program for physicians at Harvard University's School of Public Health. His clinical interests include urethral stricture disease, male urinary incontinence, urinary diversion, male genital reconstruction, and neurogenic bladder management, including long-term care for individuals with spina bifida or spinal cord injury. Dr. Elliott is a founding member of the Trauma and Urinary Reconstructive Network of Surgeons (TURNS), a collaborative research network focused on trauma and reconstructive urology. He directs a urologic surgery outcomes research group at the University of Minnesota, with research funded by the NIH, Gillette Children's Foundation, and the American Cancer Society. His work aims to improve urologic care delivery, particularly in benign prostatic hyperplasia, urethral stricture disease, neurogenic bladder, and complications related to radiation or surgery for prostate and…

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Urology
• Pathology
• Physical therapy
• Medical education
• Pediatrics
• Family medicine

Selected publications

• The “Fragile” Urethra as a Predictor of Early Artificial Urinary Sphincter Erosion

  Urology · 2022 · 37 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  OBJECTIVES: To identify predictors of early artificial sphincter (AUS) erosion among a cohort of men with erosion, who underwent AUS placement by either university or community-based surgeons. METHODS: The records of all patients with AUS erosions, including men who underwent AUS placement at outside facilities, were retrospectively reviewed. A Cox proportional-hazards model for time to erosion was performed with the predictors being the components of a fragile urethra (history of radiation, pri…

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• Impact of COVID-19 on medical education: introducing homo digitalis

  World Journal of Urology · 2020 · 35 citations

  PURPOSE: To determine how members of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) are continuing their education in the time of COVID-19. METHODS: A survey was disseminated amongst SIU members worldwide by email. Results were analyzed to examine the influence of age, practice region and settings on continuing medical education (CME) of the respondents. RESULTS: In total, 2494 respondents completed the survey. Internet searching was the most common method of CME (76%; all ps < 0.001), followed by…

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• The creation and validation of a short form of the Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Score

  Neurourology and Urodynamics · 2020 · 34 citations

  AIM: To develop a short form (SF) of the 24-item Neurogenic Bladder Symptom Score (NBSS). METHODS: We used three previously published datasets. First, we selected the most responsive questions within each of the domains. Internal validity of the NBSS-SF was assessed using Cronbach's α. External validity was assessed by evaluating hypothesized relationships with other questionnaires and testing correlations with the full NBSS domains. Test-retest reliability of the NBSS-SF domains was determined…

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• Frequency of patient-reported UTIs is associated with poor quality of life after spinal cord injury: a prospective observational study

  Spinal Cord · 2020 · 34 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
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• Development and Validation of A Male Anterior Urethral Stricture Classification System

  Urology · 2020 · 34 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Jeremy B. Myers

  1106 shared

• Bradley A. Erickson

  NYU Langone Health

  1062 shared

• Benjamin N. Breyer

  University of California, San Francisco

  1043 shared

• Sorena Keihani

  University of Utah

  859 shared

• Ian Schwartz

  858 shared

• Frank Burks

  854 shared

• Nima Baradaran

  University of California, San Francisco

  850 shared

• Richard A. Santucci

  839 shared

Labs

• Timm-Nelson LabPI

Awards & honors

• Minnesota Monthly Magazine Top Doctors 2022-2025
• Minnesota Monthly Magazine Top Doctors for Women 2023-2025

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