Eric S. Rovner, MD

Eric S. Rovner, M.D. is the director of the section of voiding dysfunction, female urology, and urodynamics in the Department of Urology at MUSC. He has a highly specialized clinical practice within urology and sees mostly patients with complex voiding problems including urinary incontinence, vaginal prolapse, urinary fistulae, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Dr. Rovner is a board-certified member of the American Urological Association, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the American Association of GU Surgeons, Society of Pelvic Surgeons, Society of University Urologists, Societe Internationale D'Urologie, and the Society for Urodynamics, Female Urology, and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU), among others. Dr. Rovner has served on several committees for the WHO international consultation on incontinence, and served as a member of the American Urological Association's stress incontinence surgery guidelines committee. He is a past president of SUFU, past chair of the young urologists committee of the AUA and past member of the AUA education council as well as the ABU/AUA written and oral examination committees. Dr. Rovner's research interests include the study of voiding dysfunction, incontinence, overactive bladder, neurourology, and urodynamics. He has held several visiting professorships nationally and internationally, and is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed scientific articles, monographs, and book chapters on these topics as well as a book on urinary incontinence and urodynamics. He has been an invited speaker on numerous occasions throughout the United States and the world and has been the principal or co-investigator on multiple grants.