Steven Siegel

Dr. Steven Siegel is an internationally recognized expert and pioneer in the evolution of Sacral Neuromodulation, having participated in multi-center clinical trials with Urosystems in the late 1980’s when he was the Head of the Section of Female Urology and Urodynamics at the Cleveland Clinic. After the therapy was acquired by Medtronic in the early 1990’s, he participated in the pivotal “103” trials and publications, and helped present the data from those studies to the FDA, leading to Interstim’s original approval for the indication of Urinary Urge Incontinence in 1997. He was instrumental in broadening acceptance and clinical application of the therapy, teaching hundreds of physicians the hows and whys of Sacral Neuromodulation all over the world. He was a founding member of the International Society of Pelvic Neuromodulation, which later merged with the Society of Female Urology and Urodynamics, and played a major role in the merged group’s programming related to the therapy for over a decade. More recently, he was the National Principle Investigator for the InSite Trial, and lead author in many of the publications related to that study. He has recently retired from his clinical practice where he specialized in FPMRS, and served as the Director of the Minnesota Urology Centers for Female Urology and Continence Care since 1993. He has trained over 30 fellows associated with that program. Dr. Siegel also served as the business section editor for the Urology Practice journal from its inception until 2020. He has been the recipient of a number of awards including: AUGS’ National Association for Continence “Continence Care Champion” award in 2018, the Christina Manthos Award for extraordinary mentoring of female urologists from the Society of Women in Urology in 2011, and the David C. Utz Award for Urological Advancement and Innovation from the Minnesota Urological Society in 2002. Dr. Siegel is a Past President of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association (2010), and former board member and Chairman of the Practice Standards Committee of the SUFU. Dr. Siegel graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his urology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in 1986.