Announcing the Distinguished Speakers for SPR 2026

January 30-31, 2026 in Tampa Florida

The Phillip P.  Smith, MD 
Memorial Lecture

Margot S. Damaser, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Senior Research Career Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Keynote Speakers:

Cathy L. Mendelsohn, Ph.D.

Professor of Urological Sciences and Pathology & Cell Biology and Genetics & Development

Columbia University

Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech

Alex W. Pastuszak, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Chief, Section for Surgical Innovation

University of Utah School of Medicine

Below is last year’s gathering in Durham, NC

A scientific society founded by and for career basic and translational scientists interested in normal function and benign disease states of the pelvic viscera and pelvic floor

SPR Code of Conduct