Gary Lemack, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: Rose Mary Haggar Professorship in Urology
Urology, Neurology and Neurotherapeutics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-7190
Office Fax: 214-648-8786

gary.lemack@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Gary E. Lemack, M.D., Professor, Department of Urology, Residency Program Director, Department of Urology. Education: Undergraduate: B.A., Cornell University, 1987; Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, 1991; Residency: The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, 1991-1997; Fellowship in Incontinence, Urodynamics, Neurourology: UT Southwestern, 1997-1999. Dr. Lemack is currently a Professor in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern and has a secondary appointment in the Department of Neurology. He is Director of Urodynamics in the Department of Urology at Parkland Memorial Hospital. His basic research has focused on animal models of bladder dysfunction.  His clinical research has focused on the evaluating the use of urodynamic studies in patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction/incontinence, and establishing best urological practices in the care of patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions. His clinical interests lie in the care of patience with incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and voiding dysfunction in the setting of neurologic disease.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1999)
ResidencyNew York Hospital (1997)
InternshipNew York Hospital (1993)
Medical SchoolWeill Cornell Medical College (1991)

Research Interests

Bladder dysfunction related to spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis-experimental models
Bladder outlet obstruction in women
Outcome measures for urinary incontinence
Urodynamics in assessing bladder function

Publications

Featured
Urodynamic assessment of patients with stress incontinence: how effective are urethral pressure profilometry and abdominal leak point pressure at case selection and predicting outcome?

Lemack, G.E. , Current Opinion in Urology , 2004; (14):307-311

Featured
The reproducibility of urodynamic findings in healthy female volunteers: results of repeated studies in the same setting and a short-term follow-up

Gupta , A., Defreitas, G., Lemack, G.E. , Neurourology and Urodynamics , 2004; (23):311-316

Featured
Distinguishing neurogenic from non-neurogenic detrusor overactivity: a urodynamic assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with and without Parkinson’s disease

Defreitas G.A., Lemack G.E., Zimmern P.E. Dewey R.B., Roehrborn C.G., O’Suilleaghain P.E. , Urology , 2003; (62):651-655

Featured
Treatment of intrinsic sphincteric deficiency

Wilson, T.S., Lemack, G.E., Zimmern, P.E. , Urology , 2003; (169):1662-1669

Featured
Urodynamic studies in asymptomatic women: Intra-test and Inter-test reproducibility.

Lemack, G.E., Baseman, A.G., Zimmern P.E. , Journal of Urology , 2001; (165):1225

Incontinence: Helping women stay in control

Lemack G.E. , Cortland Forum , January 2007; :53-54

Use of urodynamics prior to surgery for urinary incontinence: how helpful is preoperative testing?

Lemack G.E. , Indian Journal of Urology , 2007; (23):142-147

Burch colposuspension versus fascial sling to reduce urinary stress incontinence

Albo M., Richter H.E., Brubaker L., Norton P., Kraus S.R., Zimmern P.E., Chai T.C., Zyczynski H., Diokno A.C., Tennstedt S., Nager C., lloyd L.K., Fitzgerald M., Lemack, G.E., Johnson H.W., Leng W., Mallett V., Stoddard A.M., Menefee S., Varner R.E., Kenton K., Moalli P., Sirls L., Dandreo K.J., Kusek J.W., Nyberg L.m., Steers W., for the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network , New England Journal Medicine , 2007; (356):2143-2155

The relationships among measures of incontinence severity in women undergoing surgery for stress urinary incontinence

Albo M., Wruck L., Baker J., Brubaker L., Chai T., Dandreo K.J., Diokno A., Goode P., Kraus S., Kusek J.W., Lemack G., Lowder J., Steers W. , Journal of Urology , 2007; (177):1810-4

Highlights of the Urethral Dysfunction Sessions at the Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology

Lee U., Schaefer W., Lemack G.E., Wein A.J., Daneshgari F. , Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports , 2007; (2):71-76

Honors/Awards

Best Doctors in Dallas

D Magazine (2006)

Examination Committee, American Board of Urology

Holder of Rose Mary Haggar Professorship

Residency Program Director

UT Southwestern Urology Residency Program

UT Southwestern Mobility Foundation Grant

Awarded for research in spinal cord injury, 2000-2002

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Urological Association

International Continence Society

Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology

South Central Section of American Urological Association (AUA)

Texas Medical Association