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Gary E. Leach

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Tower Urology Institute for Continence, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
Mentored by · fellowship 1982
Shlomo Raz

Known for​

  • Bone-fixed transvaginal bladder-neck suspension (1988). Described bone fixation for transvaginal needle suspension in women with stress urinary incontinence.1
  • AUA surgical guideline for female stress urinary incontinence (1997). Chaired the American Urological Association panel assessing surgical treatments for female stress urinary incontinence.2

Training and career​

  • Current position Director, Tower Urology Institute for Continence, Los Angeles34
  • Medical school Wayne State University (MD)4
  • Residency Urology, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles4
  • Fellowship Urodynamics, female urology, and urinary prosthetics, UCLA, with Shlomo Raz (1981–1982)4
  • Leadership President, Los Angeles Urologic Society (past)3
  • Leadership President, Urodynamic Society (past)3

Contributions​

His cited work covers classification and management of female urethral diverticula, along with bladder neck obstruction and transvaginal bladder neck closure.5678

Cited on WARWIKI

4 publications with Gary E. Leach as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Ganabathi K, Leach GE, Zimmern PE, Dmochowski R. "Experience with the management of urethral diverticulum in 63 women." The Journal of Urology. 1994;152(5 Pt 1):1445-1452. doi
    Cited on: Urethral Diverticulum · Urethral Diverticulectomy
  2. Leach GE, Sirls LT, Ganabathi K, Zimmern PE. L N S C3: a proposed classification system for female urethral diverticula. Neurourol Urodyn. 1993;12(6):523-31. doi
    Cited on: Female Urethral & Periurethral Masses · Urethral Diverticulum
  3. Trockman BA, Gerspach J, Dmochowski R, Haab F, Zimmern PE, Leach GE. "Primary bladder neck obstruction: urodynamic findings and treatment results in 36 men." The Journal of Urology. 1996;156(4):1418-1420. doi
    Cited on: Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction
  4. Zimmern PE, Hadley HR, Leach GE, Raz S. Transvaginal closure of the bladder neck and placement of a suprapubic catheter for destroyed urethra after long-term indwelling catheterization. J Urol. 1985;134(3):554-7. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Neck Closure

Footnotes​

  1. Leach GE. "Bone fixation technique for transvaginal needle suspension." Urology. 1988;31(5):388–390. doi:10.1016/0090-4295(88)90731-5 ↩

  2. Leach GE, Dmochowski RR, Appell R, et al. "Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Clinical Guidelines Panel Summary Report on Surgical Management of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence." Journal of Urology. 1997;158(3):875–880. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64346-5 ↩

  3. Gary Leach, MD. Tower Urology Los Angeles. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. towerurology.com (GLCVJan2015). Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  5. Leach GE, Sirls LT, Ganabathi K, Zimmern PE. L N S C3: a proposed classification system for female urethral diverticula. Neurourol Urodyn. 1993;12(6):523-31. doi:10.1002/nau.1930120602 ↩

  6. Ganabathi K, Leach GE, Zimmern PE, Dmochowski R. "Experience with the management of urethral diverticulum in 63 women." The Journal of Urology. 1994;152(5 Pt 1):1445-1452. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32442-4 ↩

  7. Trockman BA, Gerspach J, Dmochowski R, Haab F, Zimmern PE, Leach GE. "Primary bladder neck obstruction: urodynamic findings and treatment results in 36 men." The Journal of Urology. 1996;156(4):1418-1420. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(01)65605-2 ↩

  8. Zimmern PE, Hadley HR, Leach GE, Raz S. Transvaginal closure of the bladder neck and placement of a suprapubic catheter for destroyed urethra after long-term indwelling catheterization. J Urol. 1985;134(3):554-7. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)47290-9 ↩