Hunter
Wessells
MD
FACS

HSB BB115B,
by appointment only
Biography
Hunter Wessells MD FACS is Professor of Urology at the University of Washington School of Medicine and serves as the President of UW Physicians, the practice plan for UW Medicine.
Dr. Wessells specializes in genitourinary trauma and reconstructive surgery and serves as the AUA Guideline Panel Chair for Male Urethral Stricture, Urology representative to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and Steering Committee Chair of the NIDDK sponsored Urinary Stone Disease Research Network. Continuously funded by NIH for 25 years, Dr. Wessells is PI of grants studying the urological complications of diabetes and training the next generation of KUH researchers. He serves as a member of the Diabetes and Kidney National Advisory Council of the NIDDK.
An avid outdoors sportsman, Dr. Wessells enjoys open water swimming, back country skiing, and tennis. He spends free time with family and friends over a good meal. Weather permitting, he maintains an organic vegetable garden and otherwise immerses himself in the intricacies of Burgundy wines and Holmesian lore.
Media
- Dr. Wessells on Twitter @WessellsHunter
- Dr. Wessells on Doximity