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Alan J. Wein

Alan J. Wein

🇺🇸 United States

Training and career​

  • Positions Emeritus professor of surgery and emeritus chief of urology, University of Pennsylvania1
  • Medical school University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine2
  • Residency General surgery and urology, University of Pennsylvania2
  • Fellowship Research fellowship in urology, University of Pennsylvania (1969)2
  • Leadership Chief, Division of Urology, University of Pennsylvania (37 years)3

Known for​

  • Functional classification of neurogenic voiding dysfunction (1981). Wein proposed classifying voiding dysfunction by storage and emptying failure and by bladder or outlet function.4
  • Campbell-Walsh Urology editorship (2015). Wein served as editor-in-chief of the eleventh edition of the general urology reference textbook.5

Contributions​

Wein's cited papers cover lower urinary tract pharmacology and physiology, pressure-flow analysis, and surgical approaches to incontinence and urethral disease.678910

Cited on WARWIKI

8 publications with Alan J. Wein 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. Wein AJ. "Pharmacologic options for the overactive bladder." Urology. 1998;51(2A Suppl):43–47. doi
    Cited on: Imipramine · Tricyclic Antidepressants
  2. Ramchandani P, Banner MP, Berlin JW, Dannenbaum MS, Wein AJ. Vesicourethral anastomotic strictures after radical prostatectomy: efficacy of transurethral balloon dilation. Radiology. 1994;193(2):345–349. doi
    Cited on: Balloon Dilator — Urethral, Ureteral, BNC, Prostatic · Balloon Dilation for Bladder Neck Contracture
  3. Monaghan TF, Weiss JP, Wein AJ, et al. "Sleep disorders, comorbidities, actions, lower urinary tract dysfunction, and medications ('Sleep C.A.L.M.') in the evaluation and management of nocturia: a simple approach to a complex diagnosis." Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2023;42(3):562-572. doi
    Cited on: Nocturia
  4. Rosier PF, Kirschner-Hermanns R, Svihra J, Homma Y, Wein AJ. "ICS Teaching Module: Analysis of Voiding, Pressure Flow Analysis (Basic Module)." Neurourol Urodyn. 2016;35(1):36–38. doi
    Cited on: Urodynamics
  5. Rovner ES, Wein AJ. Diagnosis and reconstruction of the dorsal or circumferential urethral diverticulum. J Urol. 2003;170(1):82-86; discussion 86. doi
    Cited on: Urethral Diverticulectomy
  6. Levy JB, Jacobs JA, Wein AJ. Combined abdominal and vaginal approach for bladder neck closure and permanent suprapubic tube: urinary diversion in the neurologically impaired woman. J Urol. 1994;152(6 Pt 1):2081-2. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Neck Closure
  7. Malloy TR, Wein AJ, Carpiniello VL. Surgical Results With Artificial Urinary Sphincter. Urology. 1982;19(6):602-605. doi
    Cited on: Artificial Urinary Sphincter (Device)
  8. Benson GS, Sarshik SA, Raezer DM, Wein AJ. "Bladder muscle contractility: comparative effects and mechanisms of action of atropine, propantheline, flavoxate, and imipramine." Urology. 1977;9(1):31–35. doi
    Cited on: Tricyclic Antidepressants

Footnotes​

  1. Alan J. Wein. Perelman School of Medicine at the Universit. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  2. Dr. Alan J Wein, MD. Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Alan J. Wein, MD Endowed Professorship II. Perelman School of Medicine at the Univer. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. Wein AJ. "Classification of Neurogenic Voiding Dysfunction." Journal of Urology. 1981;125(5):605–609. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)55134-4 ↩

  5. uk.elsevierhealth.com. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  6. Wein AJ. "Pharmacologic options for the overactive bladder." Urology. 1998;51(2A Suppl):43–47. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(98)90009-7 ↩

  7. Ramchandani P, Banner MP, Berlin JW, Dannenbaum MS, Wein AJ. Vesicourethral anastomotic strictures after radical prostatectomy: efficacy of transurethral balloon dilation. Radiology. 1994;193(2):345–349. doi:10.1148/radiology.193.2.7972741 ↩

  8. Benson GS, Sarshik SA, Raezer DM, Wein AJ. "Bladder muscle contractility: comparative effects and mechanisms of action of atropine, propantheline, flavoxate, and imipramine." Urology. 1977;9(1):31–35. doi:10.1016/0090-4295(77)90279-5 ↩

  9. Malloy TR, Wein AJ, Carpiniello VL. Surgical Results With Artificial Urinary Sphincter. Urology. 1982;19(6):602-605. doi:10.1016/0090-4295(82)90008-5 ↩

  10. Rosier PF, Kirschner-Hermanns R, Svihra J, Homma Y, Wein AJ. "ICS Teaching Module: Analysis of Voiding, Pressure Flow Analysis (Basic Module)." Neurourol Urodyn. 2016;35(1):36–38. doi:[10.1002/nau.22660]](https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.22660]) ↩