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Stephen R. Kraus, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.

Professor and Chair

Chief, Division of Female Urology, Neuro-Urology and Voiding Dysfunction

Hans H. Scharringhausen Professorship

Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies

Dr. Kraus is Professor & Chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) where he heads the Division of Female Urology, Neuro-Urology & Voiding Dysfunction. He completed his undergraduate education at Brandeis University in 1987 and received his MD from UMDNJ-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1991where he also completed his residency in urology. He completed a fellowship in Neuro-Urology, Incontinence, and Urodynamics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and he received his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at the UTHSCSA.  Dr Kraus received his subspecialty certification in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) from the American Board of Urology in June 2013. More recently, Dr Kraus obtained his MBA with a healthcare focus from the University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business in 2020.

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr Kraus is also a member of the American Urological Association, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Continence Society and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU).  He is on the Board of Directors for SUFU and for the Texas Urological Society where he also serves as Chair of the Education Committees for both organizations.

Dr Kraus has served as faculty for many post graduate courses on topics including Neurourology, Female Urology, Overactive Bladder, Male Incontinence & Voiding Disorders and Urodynamics. Dr Kraus served on the AUA Guidelines Panel on Urodynamics and the AUA Guidelines Panel on Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. Dr Kraus is co-Chair of the AUA Guidelines Panel on Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction and also heads the SUFU OAB Clinical Care Pathway Project.   He is actively engaged in research and has served as principal investigator for a variety of studies and grants including the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network, sponsored by the NIH/NIDDK. In addition to serving on the editorial board of Drugs & Aging and BMC Urology, Dr. Kraus serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, Urology and Neurourology & Urodynamics.  Dr Kraus’ clinical practice is heavily focused on urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, Neurogenic Bladder and complex voiding disorders.