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Peter Sand

Peter Sand

🇺🇸 United States🏥 NorthShore University HealthSystem, Skokie, IL
Mentored by · fellowship 1986
Donald Ostergard

Known for​

  • Placebo-controlled pelvic floor electrical stimulation trial (1995). Led a randomized, sham-controlled trial of transvaginal electrical stimulation for women with stress urinary incontinence.1
  • Urodynamics and the Evaluation of Female Incontinence (1995). Coauthored a practical guide to interpreting urodynamic studies in women with urinary incontinence.2

Training and career​

  • Current position Clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Chicago3
  • Medical school Northwestern University4
  • Residency Obstetrics and gynecology, Northwestern University4
  • Fellowship University of California, Irvine4
  • Leadership President, International Urogynecological Association (2009–2010)5

Cited on WARWIKI

5 publications with Peter Sand 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. Moss NP, Chill HH, Sand PK, et al. "A prospective, randomized trial comparing intravesical dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to bupivacaine, triamcinolone, and heparin (BTH), for newly diagnosed interstitial cystitis / painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS)." Neurourol Urodyn. 2023;42(3):615–622. doi
    Cited on: Intravesical Agents for IC/BPS · High-Potency Topical Corticosteroids · Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome
  2. van Geelen H, Sand PK. "The Female Urethra: Urethral Function Throughout a Woman's Lifetime." Int Urogynecol J. 2023;34(6):1175–1186. doi
    Cited on: Female Urethra
  3. Bliwise DL, Wagg A, Sand PK. "Nocturia: a highly prevalent disorder with multifaceted consequences." Urology. 2019;133S:3-13. doi
    Cited on: Nocturia
  4. Gafni-Kane A, Sand PK. Foreign-Body Granuloma After Injection of Calcium Hydroxylapatite for Type III Stress Urinary Incontinence. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2011;118(2 Pt 2):418-421. doi
    Cited on: Coaptite — Calcium Hydroxylapatite (CaHA)
  5. Kwon CH, Goldberg RP, Koduri S, Sand PK. "The Use of Intraoperative Cystoscopy in Major Vaginal and Urogynecologic Surgeries." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;187(6):1466-1471. doi
    Cited on: Anterior Colporrhaphy

Footnotes​

  1. Sand PK, Richardson DA, Staskin DR, et al. "Pelvic floor electrical stimulation in the treatment of genuine stress incontinence: A multicenter, placebo-controlled trial." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1995;173(1):72–79. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(95)90172-8 ↩

  2. Sand PK, Ostergard DR. "Urodynamics and the Evaluation of Female Incontinence." 1995. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-2109-1 ↩

  3. Peter Sand. Profiles RNS. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  4. northshore.org (urogynecology initial visit questionnaire web). Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. Leadership and Governance. Accessed October 2026. ↩