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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • President 

    Chris Gonzalez, MD

     

    Chris Gonzalez, MD
    Professor and Chair
    Loyola Medical Center Urology Department
    Dr. Gonzalez is the Chief Clinical Officer for the Loyola University Health System and the Albert J. Jr. and Claire Speh Professor and Chair of Urology for the Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) and Stritch School of Medicine. He is a Trustee of the American Board of Urology and serves as Chair of its Certifying Examination committee. He is President of the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS).
  • President-Elect 

    Andre Cavalcanti, MD, PhD

     

    Andre Cavalcanti, MD, PhD
    Federal University of Rio De Janeiro State
  • Immediate Past President 

    Sean Elliott, MD, MS

     

    Sean Elliott, MD, MS
    Professor, Vice Chairman, Director of Reconstructive Urology
    University of Minnesota
  • Secretary Treasurer 

    Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD

     

    Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD
    Professor
    Upstate Medical University Hospital, Dept of Urology
    Dr. Dmitriy Nikolavsky is a Clinical Professor and Fellowship Program Director for Reconstructive Urology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University, completed a Urology residency at William Beaumont Hospital and a Fellowship in Reconstructive Urology at the University of Colorado. Dr. Nikolavsky is an active leader in professional societies, serving on the GURS Board of Directors and Fellowship Committee, and was elected GURS Secretary-Treasurer in 2024.

Ex-Officio and Honorary Board Members

  • Karl J. Kreder, Jr., MD, MBA

     

    Karl J. Kreder, Jr., MD, MBA
    Professor and Department Executive Officer
    Rubin H. Flocks Chair
    University of Iowa Department of Urology

  • Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS

     

    Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS
    Professor of Urology
    University of California-San Francisco

Board Members

  • Mang Chen, MD

     

    Mang Chen, MD
    Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeon
    G.U. Recon
    Mang Chen is a genitourinary surgeon that specializes in phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, and associated surgeries including genital prosthetics and phallus/scrotum/urethral reconstruction.

  • Amanda Chung, MD

     

    Amanda Chung, MD
    Urological Surgeon
    Sydney Urological Associates

  • Gunter De Win, MD

     

    Gunter De Win, MD
    Associate Professor
    Adolescent, Paediatric and Reconstructive Urology & Researcher in Surgical Education & Adolescent Urology/sexuality
    Antwerp University and Antwerp University Hospital

  • Geolani W. Dy, MD, FACS

     

    Geolani W. Dy, MD, FACS
    Associate Professor, Urology, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
    Oregon Health & Science University
    Geolani W. Dy, MD (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Washington. Dr. Dy specializes in gender-affirming surgery and is passionate about improving surgical outcomes by centering trans community voices in research. Dr. Dy is Principal Investigator of the Support for Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Seeking Vaginoplasty (STRIVE) Study (strivesupport.org) and Director of OHSU’s GURS Fellowship, which is dedicated to training future leaders in gender-affirming surgery.

  • Sarah Faris, MD

     

    Sarah Faris, MD
    Assistant Professor of Urology
    University of Chicago
    Sarah Faris, MD is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Chicago. She completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University, her medical degree at the University of Michigan, urology residency at Vanderbilt University, and a GURS fellowship at the University of Iowa. Her practice focuses on male and female voiding dysfunction and reconstructive urology. Dr. Faris is the Urology Residency Program Director, ABU Oral Boards Examiner, and serves on multiple professional boards, including GURS and SAU. She is a leader in education, mentorship, and advancing women in surgery, and her efforts have been recognized with the 2022 University of Chicago Faculty Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Award and as runner-up for the 2024 AUA Teaching Award.

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    Wagner Franca, MD, PhD
    Director of Fellowship and Team of Surgery Reconstructive Urethral and Functional Urology
    Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo

  • Rajveer Purohit, MD, MPH

     

    Rajveer Purohit, MD, MPH
    Director of Reconstructive Urology and Professor of Urology
    Mount Sinai Hospital
    Dr. Rajveer Purohit is the Director of Reconstructive Urology and Professor of Urology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Purohit has a special interest in transgender surgery and directs the 1-year GURS fellowship program in reconstructive urology at Mount Sinai.

  • Paul Rusilko, DO, FACS

     

    Paul Rusilko, DO, FACS
    Associate Professor
    Departments of Urology, Plastic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Dr. Rusilko is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Urology, Plastic Surgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medical. He serves as the Director of Reconstructive Urology and Men’s Health and is also the Urology Residency Associate Program Director for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

  • Alex Vanni, MD, FACS

     

    Alex Vanni, MD, FACS
    Professor of Urology
    Director: Center for Reconstructive Urologic Surgery
    Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Alex J. Vanni, MD, FACS, is a Professor of Urology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and Director of the Center for Reconstructive Urologic Surgery. A national leader in genitourinary reconstruction and prosthetic urology, he serves as Program Director for the GURS Fellowship and President of the Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons (TURNS).

  • Henriette Veiby Holm, MD, PhD

     

    Henriette Veiby Holm, MD, PhD
    Consultant Urological Surgeon
    Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet
    Henriette Veiby Holm is a consultant urological surgeon specializing in female and male genitourinary reconstruction, urethral surgery, urological implants, and neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction. She earned her medical degree from Semmelweis University (2004) and her PhD from the University of Oslo (2015), and became a Specialist in Urology in 2020. She is Head of the Research Group for Reconstructive Urology and Neurourology at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, directs a Global GURS fellowship program, and serves on the GURS Board of Directors. She is also a member of EAU, AUA, and SIU.

  • Krishnan Venkatesan, MD

     

    Krishnan Venkatesan, MD
    Director – Urologic Reconstruction, MedStar Health
    Associate Professor of Urology, Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Krishnan Venkatesan, MD, FACS is Director of Urologic Reconstruction at MedStar Health and Associate Professor of Urology and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He specializes in lower urinary tract reconstruction including urethral stricture and prosthetics.

  • Malte Vetterlein, MD

     

    Malte Vetterlein, MD, MHBA, FEBU
    Assistant Professor, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
    Dr. Vetterlein is an Assistant Professor at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany, where he leads the Urology Research Unit. He serves as chairman of the Trauma and Reconstructive Urology Working Party of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Academic Urologists (YAU), is a board member of the EAU Section of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (ESGURS), and is on the faculty of the European School of Urology (ESU). He specializes in urethral reconstruction and gender-affirming surgery for transgender women.

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    Marjan Waterloos, MD, PhD
    AZ Maria Middelares Gent
    Dr. Marjan Waterloos is a urological surgeon specializing in genitourinary reconstructive surgery in both men and women, as well as urological trauma. She completed her specialist training and fellowship in 2017 and currently practices at Maria Middelares Hospital in Ghent, Belgium.
    Dr. Waterloos is an active member of the European Association of Urology (EAU), serving on the EAU Guidelines Panel on Urethral Strictures and as Chair of the EAU Guidelines Panel on Urological Trauma. She is also a board member of the European Society for Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgery (ESGURS). Her clinical research is primarily focused on urethral surgery.

  • Special Appointment – Chair, Young Urologist Committee

     

    Brian Inouye, MD

     

    Brian Inouye, MD
    Assistant Professor of Urology
    Albany Medical Center
    Dr. Brian Inouye is Associate Professor of Urology at Albany Medical Center. He currently serves as chair of the Young GURS Committee to help advocate for reconstructive urologists within the first ten years of their career. In addition, he serves as associate program director for the Urology Residency at Albany Medical College.

  • Chair of GURS Fellowship Committee

     

    Jay Simhan, MD, FACS

     

    Jay Simhan, MD, FACS
    Professor of Urology, Fellowship Director
    Director, Reconstructive Urology
    Fox Chase Cancer Center
    Dr. Jay Simhan serves as Chair and Professor of Urology at Temple University Hospital and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and directs the GURS-verified Male Reconstruction and Prosthetic Urology Fellowship at the Fox Chase–Temple Urologic Institute. He is an internationally recognized reconstructive and prosthetic urologist with extensive clinical, educational, and scholarly contributions.