Clinical Faculty: John S. Wheeler, M.D.
Professor of Urology
Director, Multidisciplinary Continence Clinic

Subspecialty/Clinical Expertise Board Certification Available to See Patients Appointment/Contact Info Education/Training Professional Organizations Awards/Distinctions Publications/Presentations Research Initiatives

Subspecialty/Clinical Expertise: Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Neurourology

Board Certification: American Board of Urology; certified March 1984

Available to See Patients at: Loyola Outpatient Center

To Schedule an Appointment: Call (888) LUHS-888 for neurourology and female pelvic medicine patients.
Fax: (708) 216-6585
 

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Education/Training

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.); graduated cum laude with B.A. in biology, 1972

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (Washington, D.C.); graduated cum laude with M.D., 1977

Residency:

• Chief Resident, Urology; Boston University Medical Center; 1981-1982

• Resident, Urology; Boston University Medical Center; 1979-1981

• Jr. Resident, Surgery; Boston University Medical Center; 1977-1979

Fellowship:

Fellow In Neurourology; Boston University Medical Center and Boston Veterans Outpatient Center (Boston, MA); 1982-1983

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Professional Organizations:

• Executive Committee, Chicago Urological Society; 1997-1999

• Infection Control Committee, Loyola University Medical Center; 1996-present

• American Spinal Injury Association; 1994-present

• Professional Member, HIP (Help for Incontinent People); 1993-present

• International Urogynecology Society; 1992-present

• International College of Surgeons; 1992-present

• Committee on Admissions Loyola University School of Medicine; 1991-present

• International Continence Society; 1991-present

• Society of University Urologists; 1987-present

• Chicago Chapter, American College of Surgeons; 1987-present

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons; 1987-present

• International Medical Society of Paraplegia; 1987-present

• American Urological Association; 1986-present

• Urodynamic Society; 1986-present

• Chicago Urological Society; 1985-present

• Illinois State Urological Society; 1985-present

• North Central Section, American Urological Association; 1985-present

• LUMC Utilization Review; 1984-present

• Association of Veterans Administration Surgeons; 1984-present

• LUMC Library Liaison; 1984-present

• American Paraplegia Society; 1983-present

Awards/Distinctions:

• Selected as one of The Best Doctors in America; 1998

• Featured in Chicago magazine as one of The Best MD's in the Chicago area; 1997

• Certificate of Appreciation; Dept. of Veteran's Affairs, Medical Research Service; March 1995

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Publications/Presentations

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Selected Articles:

• Andros, Greg. J, Griffin, James H., Walter, James S., King, William W., Trockman, Brett A., Norris, Jeffrey, P., Wheeler, John S. Jr., Modified Alpha Wrap Techniques for Dynamic Urethral Graciloplasty (DUG) in an Animal Model, Techniques in Urology, Vol. 5, #4, p214-18, 1999.

• Margot S. Damaser, Kim Brzezinski, James S. Walter, John S. Wheeler, Lisa Schlehahn-Schroder, David A. Hatch, Estimating Detrusor Pressure at Home in Pediatric Patients with Myelomeningocele, J. Urol., 162:1410-1414, 1999.

• James Walter, John S. Wheeler, Wuying Cai, William King, Robert D. Wurster, Evaluation of a Suture Electrode for Direct Bladder Stimulation in a Lower Motor Neuron Lesion of Animal Model, Transaction in Rehabilitation Engineering. Vol. 7 #2:159-166, June 1999.

• James S. Walter, Greg Andros, Sam Stokes, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Margot Damaser, Jerome Sacks, Imtiaz Kadri, Robert Walter, Urodynamic Verification of Noninvasive Back-Pressure Recordings From the Urinary Bladder, Techniques in Urology 4:185-191, 1999.

• James S. Walter, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Graham Creasey, Rani Chintam, Lisa Reidy, Keith Bruninga, Eileen Collins, Bernard Nemchausky, Doug Anderson, Optimization of Sacral Ventral Root Stimulation Following SCI: Two Case Reports with Six-Month Follow-Up, J. Spinal Cord Med., 21#3:211-219, 1998.

• John S. Wheeler, Jr., James S. Walter, Rani Chintam, Sue Rao, Botulinum Toxin Injections for Voiding Dysfunction Following SCI, J. Spinal Cord Medicine, 21#3:227-229, 1998.

• Greg J. Andros, David A. Hatch, James S. Walter, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Lisa Schlehahn, Margot S. Damaser, Home Bladder Pressure Monitoring in Children with Myelomeningocele, J. Urology, 160:518-521, 1998 (First Prize in clinical research at Chicago Urological Association, 1998).

• James S. Walter, John S. Wheeler, Jr., John Markley, Rani Chintam, Lisa M. Blacker, Margot S. Damaser, Home Monitoring of Bladder Pressure and Volume in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury and Multiple Sclerosis, J. Spinal Cord Medicine, 21:7-15, 1998.

• James S. Walter, Lisa Riedy, William King, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Khali Najafi, Carmen L. Anderson, Todd M. Gurdausky, "Short-Term Bladder Wall Histological Response to Implantation of Microstimulators," Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 20:319-323, 1997.

• John S. Wheeler, Jr., Jay Steinberg, "Penile Skin Avulsion Managed by Scrotal Flaps", Surgical Rounds, October 1997, p.426-430.

• James S. Walter, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Wuying Cai, Robert Wurster, Direct Bladder Stimulation with Suture Electrodes Promotes Voiding in a Spinal Animal Model: A Technical Report, J. of Rehab. R&D, 34#1:72-81, January 1997.

• Kyoko Sakamoto, John S. Wheeler, Jr., "Bladder Dysfunction Secondary to Spinal Cord Amyloidosis," J. Urology, 157:949, 1997.

• Sean P. Manion, John S. Wheeler, Jr., "Systemic Mastocytosis: A Possible Etiology of Nephrolithiasis," Brit. J. Urol., 78:643-644, 1996.

• James H. Griffin, James S. Walter, Lisa Schlehahn, Victor Scarpine, Timothy G. Schuster, John S. Wheeler, Jr., "Preliminary Noninvasive Back-Pressure Recording of Bladder Pressure," Techniques in Urology, 2(2):108-112, 1996.

• Caryl G. Salomon, Christine M. Dudiak, Joseph M. Pyle, John S. Wheeler, Jr., W. Bedford Waters, Robert C. Flanigan, "Transrectal Ultrasound of the Prostate Bed After Collagen Injection," Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 20(2):279-282, 1996.

• James Griffin, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Maureen Olsson, Edward Melian, "Prostate Carcinoma Metastatic to the Penis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Brachytherapy Treatment," Journal of Urology, 155:1701-1702, 1996.

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Selected Book Chapters/Monographs:

• James S. Walter, Sacks, Jerome, Welsh, Gail, Terouw, Pamela, Wheeler, Jr., John S., Damaser, Margot S., Othman, Roslan, Anfinsen, Laurel: Interactive Data System to Assess a VA Primary Care Clinic Program on Urinary Incontinence, Federal Practitioner, In press.

• John S. Wheeler, Jr., Autonomic Dysreflexia, in Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Urologic Emergencies, in Press.

• Robert R. Isacksen, John S. Wheeler, Jr., Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Conn's Current Therapy, edited by Robert F. Rabel, W.B. Saunders Co. (Philadelphia, PA), p. 689-693, 1997.

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Selected Presentations:

• Solutions to Difficult Voiding Dysfunction, Moderator; Chicago Urology Society; Feb. 2, 2000

• Nonsurgical Management of Neurogenic Bladder; Chicago Urology Society; Feb. 2, 2000

• Urinary Incontinence; Gynecology Grand Rounds, Loyola University Medical Center; Oct. 27, 1999

• Urinary Incontinence; Family Practice Conference Program, West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL); Oct. 5, 1999

• Basic Science Urology, Moderator; American Paraplegic Society (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 8, 1999

• Normal and Abnormal Bladder Function; Spinal Cord Medicine Review Course (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 5, 1999

• Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence; Chicago Urological Society; March 3, 1999

• Detrusor Hyperreflexia; For Federal Account Executives, Pharmacia & Upjohn (Chicago, IL); Oct. 9, 1998

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Overactive Bladder; Grand Rounds, West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL); Sept. 16, 1998

• Normal and Abnormal Bladder Function--AUTIs and Kidney Stones; Spinal Cord Medicine: An Intensive Review (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 11-12, 1998

• Urology: Clinical Management, Urology: Basic Science, Moderator; American Paraplegia Society (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 9-10, 1998

• Botulinum Toxin Injections for Voiding Dysfunction in SCI Patients; American Paraplegia Society (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 10, 1998

• Incontinence in Women; CME Meeting at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital; July 13, 1998

• Update on Urinary Incontinence; Women's Health Lecture Series, Hines VA Hospital; April 30, 1998

• Update on Urinary Incontinence; IL Academy of Family Physicians, West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL); March 4, 1998

• Urinary Incontinence in Males After Radical Prostatectomy; Contemporary Topics in Urological Nursing (Oakbrook, IL); Oct. 23, 1997

• Symposium: Detrusor Sphincter Dyssynergia,@ Moderator, Am. Paraplegia Soc., Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 4, 1997.

• Bladder Function: Normal and Abnormal; SCI Seminar (Hines, V.A.H.); June 26, 1997

• Urinary Incontinence; American Association for Medical Transcription, Greater Chicago Chapter, CME; June 21, 1997

• Urinary Incontinence After R.R.P.; Wisconsin Urology Society (Kohler, WI); May 17, 1997

• Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology of the Bladder--Neurovesical Dysfunction; National Center for Advanced Medical Education, Urology Review Course (Chicago, IL); April 17, 1997

• Female Urinary Incontinence; Chicago Medical Society (Chicago, IL);, Feb. 8, 1997

• Update on BPH; Contemporary Topics in Urological Nursing (Oakbrook, IL); Oct. 12, 1996

• Update in Urinary Incontinence; Senior Women's Health Format, West Suburban Hospital Center for Primary Care (River Forest, IL); Oct. 10, 1996

• Neurogenic Bladder Diagnosis and Management; CME, Reset Lecture Series, CRC (Hines, IL); Sept. 26, 1996

• Urinary Incontinence in the Female; Primary Care Lecture Series, West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL); Sept. 20, 1996

• Bladder Pressure Home Monitoring Device for Patients Conducting Intermittent Catheterization; American Paraplegia Society (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 3, 1996

• Urology Papers Moderator; American Paraplegia Society (Las Vegas, NV); Sept. 3, 1996

• Pathophysiology of Urinary Incontinence; Update on Urinary Incontinence. CME course (Oakbrook Hills, IL); June 8, 1996; also Course Director

• Interpreting a CMG/EMG, Loyola-Hines PM&R EMG Course (Hines, IL); April 23, 1996

• Collagen Treatment in Females; Chicago Urologic Society; March 6, 1996

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Selected Research Initiatives:

• Investigator; A 12-Week Safety and Efficacy Study of Oral TAK-37 Versus Placebo in Subjects with Overactive Bladder; #M98-946; TAP Pharmaceuticals; 2000.

• Co-Investigator; Secondary Complications of Spinal Cord Injury, Use of an Information System; Pharmacia & Upjohn ($35,000); 1999-2000.

• Co-Investigator; Cost/Benefit Analysis of Treatment Options for Spinal Cord Injured Veterans; Pharmacia & Upjohn ($10,000); 1998-1999.

• CO-Investigator; Treatment for Urinary Incontinence in Women: Use of an Information System; V.A. Merit Review, (B1886PA) ($50,000) and Pharmacia and Upjohn ($10,000); 1998-2000.

• Investigator; OROS7 Oxybutynin for Treatment of Urge Urinary Incontinence; ALZA Corp.; 1998-1999 ($20,000).

• Mentor; VA Career Development Award; Home Bladder Monitoring: Biomechanics and Clinical Applications; (Margot Damaser, P.I.); 1998-2001 ($105,000).

• Investigator; Tolterodine Versus Tolterodine and Estring Vaginal Ring in Treatment of Mixed Incontinence; Pharmacia & Upjohn; 1998-1999 ($25,000).

• Investigator; Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH): Effectiveness of Terazosin Therapy in Patients with Finasteride; Abbott Labs, Inc.; 1998.

• Co-Principal Investigator; Evaluation of Female Urinary Incontinence Using Fluoroscopic Measures of Urethral Cross-Sectional Area: Comparison of Different Models of the Lower Urinary Tract; Retirement Research Foundation; 1997-1998, ($50,000).

• Investigator; NeuroControl VocareTM Bladder System; Hines V.A. Hospital; 1996-1997.

• Co-Principal Investigator; Noninvasive Recording of Bladder Pressure in Elderly Males; V.A. Rehabilitation R&D; Merit Review (B2025-R); 1996-1998, ($140,000).

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