Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI graduated from Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science 1989. Afterwards he obtained his MD degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 1993. Dr. Clemens then completed his urologic residency training at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his Fellowship in Neurourology, Reconstruction and Incontinence with Edward J. McGuire at the University of Michigan in 2000. He was then a member of the full-time academic Urology faculty at Northwestern from 2000 to 2007. He completed his MS degree from The Graduate School of Northwestern University in 2003. In 2007, Dr. Clemens moved to the University of Michigan, where he is the Edward J. McGuire Professor of Urology, Associate Chair for Research, and Director of the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program.

Dr. Clemens is the Secretary/ Treasurer of SUFU, and has served as a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee and on numerous AUA Clinical Practice Guidelines Committees. In 2014, he received the Paul Zimskind Award from SUFU for his accomplishments in the field of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Clemens has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. Dr. Clemens’ research interests are in the areas of epidemiology and health services research related to benign urologic diseases. He has been Principal Investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects related to urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis and chronic prostatitis, including the current NIDDK MAPP Research Network and NIDDK LURN Research Network. He has been Chair of the MAPP Network since 2013.

Dr. Clemens has also been actively involved in health policy issues with the AUA, where he was named the Gallagher Health Policy Scholar for 2008-2009. He is past Chair of the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, and past Chair of the AUA Data Committee. As Chair of the Data Committee, he led the development and administration of the AQUA registry, the AUA Census and the AUA data grants program. For these activities he was awarded the 2018 AUA Distinguished Service Award.