Alexander Gomelsky, MD

Dr. Alex Gomelsky received dual BA degrees in Russian and Natural Sciences from The Johns Hopkins University and his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his Urology residency at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in female urology at Vanderbilt University. He joined LSU Health Shreveport Department of Urology in 2004. Dr. Gomelsky is the B.E. Trichel Professor and Chair in the Department of Urology. He has served as Residency Program Director since 2011 and is the Director of the Section of Female Urology, Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. He has served on the AUA SUI Guidelines Committee and the ABU/AUA Written Examination Committee. Dr. Gomelsky received the 2012 Paul Zimskind Award from SUFU for contributions to the organization and served as a Southeastern Section Representative to the AUA Leadership Program from 2008 to 2010. He has also served as the President of the Louisiana State Urological Society and was General Faculty President of LSU Health Shreveport in 2014. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters and is a popular lecturer and contributor to meetings and panels. He is passionate about resident and medical student education and his clinical research interests entail outcomes in incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse surgery.