Gerard Henry, MD

About Gerard Henry, MD

Bio:

Dr. Gerard Henry obtained a B.S. from  St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN, and his M.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He completed his six-year internship and residency training at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, followed by a one-year research fellowship in erectile dysfunction, also at Duke University Medical Center. Following his training in North Carolina, Dr. Henry worked for three years at an internationally recognized erectile dysfunction clinic that held the distinction of performing twice as many penile prostheses implantations each year as anywhere else in the world at that time.

Dr. Henry is board-certified by the American Board of Urology. He has authored and co-authored many papers published in peer-reviewed journals and enjoys giving presentations at regional, national, and international meetings. He is a member of the American Urological Association, Sexual Medicine Society, and the Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons.  He is also the inventor of the Mummy Wrap, Finger Sweep and New Length Measurement Technique.

Memberships:

• President: Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons (SUPS): 2022 – 2024
• President: Louisiana Urology Society: Elected April 2019
• Treasurer: Southeastern Section of the AUA: Elected March 2023
• Member-At-Large: Southeastern Section of the AUA: Elected March 2020
• President-Elect: Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons (SUPS): 2020 – 2022
• Treasurer: Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons (SUPS): elected AUA 2014 – 2016
• Secretary: Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons (SUPS): elected AUA 2016 - 2020

Board-Certified Urologist:

• 90^TH percentile on Part I of the National Urology Boards: overall score 75% (National Average 68%) in 2001
• Re-Certified for American Board of Urology Written Exam, 2011, 2020
  • Scored 5 / 5 – highest score possible.
• Re-Certified for American Board of Urology Written Exam, 2017, 2030
  • Scored – highest score possible – no additional CME

Training:

• Duke University Medical Center
  • Durham, North Carolina
  • 2 years General Surgery
  • 1 year NIH Basic Science Research Fellowship in Erectile Dysfunction
  • 3 years Urology
  • Finished: June 2001
• Pictured on the cover of Urology Times, October 1, 2005 issue for an article on the Revision Washout presentation at the AUA in May 2005. (The youngest urologist to ever be pictured on the cover.)
• Named only one of four “Centers of Surgical Excellence” by American Medical Systems for surgical training of IPPs and AUSs in 2006
• 2006-2008 American Urology Association Young Leadership Program
• Fellowship Co-Director in Male Sexual Medicine with LSU-S / VA: an accredited fellowship by the Louisiana state medical board and the LSU-S Office of Medical Education – the first fellowship ever sponsored by Coloplast / Mentor Urology, sponsored by AMS / BSCI for a decade; now by Willis Knighton

Selected Papers

• Gerard D Henry, Steven K Wilson, John R Delk, II, Culley C Carson, Ari Silverstein, Mario A Cleves, and Craig F Donatucci: PENILE PROSTHESIS CULTURES DURING REVISION SURGERY: A MULTICENTER STUDY, Journal of Urology, Vol 172: 153-156, 2004
• Gerard D Henry, Steven K Wilson, John R Delk, II, Culley C Carson, Jeremy Wiygul, Chris Tornehl, Ari Silverstein, Mario A Cleves, and Craig F Donatucci: REVISION WASHOUT DECREASES PENILE PROSTHESIS INFECTION IN REVISION SURGERY: A MULTICENTER STUDY, Journal of Urology, Vol. 173, 89-92, 2005
• Gerard D Henry, Culley C. Carson, Steven K. Wilson, Jeremy Wiygul, Chris Tornehl, Mario A. Cleves, Caroline J. Simmons and Craig F. Donatucci: Revision Washout Decreases Implant Capsule Tissue Positivity: A Multicenter Study. J Urology 2008: 179(1): 186-190
• Gerard D. Henry, Stephen M. Graham, Mario A. Cleves, Caroline J. Simmons, and Brian Flynn: Perineal Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation Appears to Control Male Stress Incontinence Better Than the Transscrotal Approach. J Urol. 179, 1475-1479: 2008
• Gerard D. Henry, Stephen M. Graham, Mario A. Cleves, Caroline J. Simmons, and Brian Flynn. Re: Perineal Approach for Artificial Urinary Sphincter Implantation Appears to Control Male Stress Incontinence Better Than the Transscrotal Approach. J Urol 181(1): 417, 2009
• Gerard D. Henry: The Henry mummy wrap and the Henry finger sweep surgical techniques. J Sex Med. Mar;6(3):619-22. 2009
• Henry GD, Karpman E, Brant W, Christine B, Kansas BT, Khera M, Jones L, Kohler T, Bennett N, Rhee E, Eisenhart E, Bella AJ.  The Who, How and What of Real-World Penile Implantation in 2015: The PROPPER Registry Baseline Data. J Urol. 2016 Feb; 195(2):427-33. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.07.109. Epub 2015 Aug 17. CME article and also featured on the cover.

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Shreveport, LA 71105

Phone: (318) 212-7335

Email: gdhenry@hotmail.com