AlexanderPaulGlaserMD

Urology • Evanston, IL

Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stone Disease, Surgical Oncology

Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

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Office
1000 Central St
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone+1 847-503-3000

Fax+1 847-503-3500
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Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Urology, 2012 - 2018
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2012
Colgate UniversityBS, Molecular Biology, Summa Cum Laude, 2004 - 2008

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2015 - 2026
American Board of Urology Urology

Clinical Trials

Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Vibegron in Men With Overactive Bladder (OAB) Symptoms on Pharmacological Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 26
Completed
Phase 3
Double-J PLUS Postmarket Registry Start of enrollment: 2020 Feb 19
Completed
LURN: Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Protocol Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 17
Recruiting
Pivotal Study of the NanoKnife System for the Ablation of Prostate Tissue Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 29
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
The Zenflow Spring System Safety, Performance and Effectiveness Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 21
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
A Randomized, International Study to Assess the Safety of iTind Compared to UroLift Start of enrollment: 2022 Sep 26
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Enhanced Clinical Decisions for Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Using Patient-Reported Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2023 Jun 01
Recruiting
Effects of TNF Blockade on Human BPH/LUTS Start of enrollment: 2024 Jan 01
Not yet recruiting
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

An observational, patient-reported outcome study of sleep quality and depression among individuals with overactive bladder syndrome.
Sally Jensen, David Walker, Dina Elsouda, Amy Lockefeer, Kimberly Kenton, John Devin Peipert, Kathryn L Jackson, Brian T Helfand, Alexander P Glaser, David Cella> ;Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2024 Feb 1
Aquablation versus TURP: 5-year outcomes of the WATER randomized clinical trial for prostate volumes 50-80 mL.
Kussil Oumedjbeur, Nicholas J Corsi, David Bouhadana, Ahmed Ibrahim, David-Dan Nguyen, Imad Matta, Adel Arezki, Iman Sadri, Tawfik Elsherbini, Naeem Bhojani, Dean S El...> ;The Canadian Journal of Urology. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Systematic review of reported association studies of monogenic genes and bladder cancer risk and confirmation analysis in a large population cohort.
Abrar Mian, Jun Wei, Zhuqing Shi, Andrew S Rifkin, S Lilly Zheng, Alexander P Glaser, James T Kearns, Brian T Helfand, Jianfeng Xu> ;BJUI Compass. 2023 Mar 1
The 10-item LURN Symptom Index (LURN SI-10) Detects Additional Symptoms and Shows Convergent Validity With the IPSS in Men Presenting With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.
Alexander P Glaser, Tanya W Kristof, Clark Judge, George Javitch, Shira Hirsch, Pooja Talaty, Brian T Helfand, Abigail R Smith, James W Griffith> ;Urology. 2023 Jan 1
Reply by Authors.
H Henry Lai, Jonathan B Wiseman, Margaret E Helmuth, Abigail R Smith, Cindy L Amundsen, Anne P Cameron, Alexander P Glaser, Whitney K Hendrickson, Ziya Kirkali, Kimber...> ;The Journal of Urology. 2023 Jan 1
Phenotyping of Urinary Urgency Patients Without Urgency Incontinence, and Their Comparison to Urgency Incontinence Patients: Findings From the LURN Study.
H Henry Lai, Jonathan B Wiseman, Margaret E Helmuth, Abigail R Smith, Cindy L Amundsen, Anne P Cameron, Alexander P Glaser, Whitney K Hendrickson, Ziya Kirkali, Kimber...> ;The Journal of Urology. 2023 Jan 1
5 citations
Shared Inherited Genetics of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer.
Alexander Glaser, Zhuqing Shi, Jun Wei, Nadia A Lanman, Skylar Ladson-Gary, Renee E Vickman, Omar E Franco, Susan E Crawford, S Lilly Zheng, Simon W Hayward, William B...> ;European Urology Open Science. 2022 Sep 1
2 citations
Subtyping of common complex diseases and disorders by integrating heterogeneous data. Identifying clusters among women with lower urinary tract symptoms in the LURN st...
Victor P Andreev, Margaret E Helmuth, Gang Liu, Abigail R Smith, Robert M Merion, Claire C Yang, Anne P Cameron, J Eric Jelovsek, Cindy L Amundsen, Brian T Helfand, Ca...> ;Plos One. 2022 Jan 1
18 citations
TNF is a potential therapeutic target to suppress prostatic inflammation and hyperplasia in autoimmune disease.
Renee E Vickman, LaTayia Aaron-Brooks, Renyuan Zhang, Nadia A Lanman, Brittany Lapin, Victoria Gil, Max Greenberg, Takeshi Sasaki, Gregory M Cresswell, Meaghan M Broma...> ;Nature Communications. 2022 Apr 19
1 citations
How I do it: Aquablation in very large prostates (> 150 mL).
Brian T Helfand, Ali Kasraeian, Steve Sterious, Alexander P Glaser, Pooja Talaty, Miguel Alcantara, Kaitlyn Mola Alcantara, Andrew Higgins, Eric Ghiraldi, Dean S Elterman> ;The Canadian Journal of Urology. 2022 Apr 1
3 citations
Impact of Sleep Disturbance, Physical Function, Depression and Anxiety on Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results from the Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfuncti...
Alexander P Glaser, Sarah Mansfield, Abigail R Smith, Brian T Helfand, H Henry Lai, Aruna Sarma, Claire C Yang, Michelle Taddeo, J Quentin Clemens, Anne P Cameron, Kat...> ;The Journal of Urology. 2022 Jul 1
2 citations
Men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to BPH undergoing Aquablation with very large prostates (> 150 mL).
Brian T Helfand, Alexander P Glaser, Ali Kasraeian, Steve Sterious, Pooja Talaty, Miguel Alcantara, Kaitlyn Mola Alcantara, Andrew Higgins, Eric Ghiraldi, Dean Elterman> ;The Canadian Journal of Urology. 2021 Dec 1
4 citations
Prostatic abscess due to blastomycosis.
Matthew J Sloan, Kiran G Manjee, Leonard J Kaplan, Alexander P Glaser> ;Urology Case Reports. 2022 May 1
5 citations
Surgeon Scorecards Improve Muscle Sampling on Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor and Recurrence Outcomes in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Arighno Das, Jason E. Cohen, Oliver S. Ko, Brian J. Jordan, Alexander P. Glaser, Gregory B. Auffenberg, Joshua J. Meeks> ;The Journal of Urology. 2021 Mar 1
Editorial Comment.
Brian T Helfand, Alexander P Glaser> ;The Journal of Urology. 2020 Oct 1
25 citations
Antibody targeting of B7-H4 enhances the immune response in urothelial carcinoma
Joseph R. Podojil, Alexander P. Glaser, Dylan Baker, Elise T. Courtois, Damiano Fantini, Yanni Yu, Valerie Eaton, Santhosh Sivajothi, Ming Yi Chiang, Arighno Das, Kimb...> ;Oncoimmunology. 2020 Apr 16
5 citations
Mutation signatures to Pan-Cancer Atlas: Investigation of the genomic landscape of muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
Lauren Folgosa Cooley, Alexander P. Glaser, Joshua J. Meeks> ;Urologic Oncology. 2020 Feb 28
4 citations
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Carcinogen-induced Murine Bladder Tumors.
Alexander P. Glaser, Daniele Procissi, Yanni Yu, Joshua J. Meeks> ;Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2019 Mar 29
17 citations
Changes in Lean Muscle Mass Associated with Neoadjuvant Platinum-Based Chemotherapy in Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
Kalen Rimar, Alexander P. Glaser, Shilajit Kundu, Edward M. Schaeffer, Joshua J. Meeks, Sarah P. Psutka> ;Bladder Cancer. 2018 Oct 29
33 citations
Automated Extraction of Grade, Stage, and Quality Information From Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor Pathology Reports Using Natural Language Processing
Alexander P. Glaser, Brian J. Jordan, Jason Cohen, Anuj S. Desai, Philip Silberman, Joshua J. Meeks> ;JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 2018 Jul 13
Editorial Comment.
Joshua J Meeks, Alexander P Glaser> ;The Journal of Urology. 2018 Jul 1
83 citations
A Carcinogen-induced mouse model recapitulates the molecular alterations of human muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Damiano Fantini, Alexander P. Glaser, Kalen Rimar, Yiduo Wang, Matthew J. Schipma, Nobish Varghese, Alfred Rademaker, Amir Behdad, Aparna Yellapa, Yanni Yu, Christie C...> ;Oncogene. 2018 Jan 25
70 citations
APOBEC-mediated mutagenesis in urothelial carcinoma is associated with improved survival, mutations in DNA damage response genes, and immune response.
Alexander P. Glaser, Damiano Fantini, Yiduo Wang, Yanni Yu, Kalen Rimar, Joseph R. Podojil, Stephen D. Miller, Joshua J. Meeks> ;Oncotarget. 2018 Jan 12
1 citations
Bilateral Prone Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Under Epidural in Candidate for Lung Transplant: Case Report and Review of Literature.
Ricardo M. O. Soares, Alexander P. Glaser, Jason Cohen, Obianuju Okocha, Nadler, R.> ;Journal of Endourology Case Reports. 2018 Jan 1
16 citations
Prophylactic antibiotic use in pediatric patients undergoing urinary tract catheterization: a survey of members of the Society for Pediatric Urology.
Alexander P. Glaser, Ilina Rosoklija, Emilie K. Johnson, Elizabeth B. Yerkes> ;BMC Urology. 2017 Sep 6
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Journal Articles

Off-clamp robotically-assisted partial nephrectomy in polycystic kidney disease
Glaser AP, Soares RM, Nadler RB, Videourology, 5/31/2018

Press Mentions

Northwestern Medicine PpoJuly 28th, 2020

Grant Support

Effects of TNF Blockade on Human BPH/LUTSNIH/NIDDK2023–2028
Enhanced Clinical Decisions for Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Using Patient-Reported OutcomesNIH/NIDDK2022–2027
LURN II: Enhanced Characterization of Patients with LUTS using Biopsychosocial ApproachesNIH/NIDDK2012–2024