EDUCATION

 

New York University 

Bachelor of Arts in Music/Biology

GPA 3.83 

 

Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit MI

Doctor of Medicine – June 1991

Dean’s List Academic Years 3 & 4 

Class Rank: Upper 10th percentile

 

RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP

 

General Surgery Residency

Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI

July 1991 – June 1992

 

Urology Residency

Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

July 1992 – July 1994

 

Urology Residency

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

June 1995-June 1998

 

Neuro-Urology Fellowship/Urodynamics

Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York

July 1998 – June 1999 

 

Urogynaecology/Female Urology Fellowship

St. George’s Hospital, London UK 

July 1999 – June 2001 

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION & SPECIALTY TRAINING

 

Recertification for Female Pelvic Medicine Reconstructive Surgery/General Urology Board Certification December 2021 through 2031 Certificate #14403.

 

Heart Association [HA] Advanced Cardiac Life Support [ACLS] and Heart Association [HA] Basic Life Support [BLS] January 2022 through January 2024.

 

Female Pelvic Medicine Reconstructive Surgery/General Urology Boards

August 2015, Certificate #14403 (96th percentile).

 

Intuitive Surgery Robotic Training Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy: 2009, 2016, 2017.

 

MEDICAL LICENSES 

 

Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Missouri

 

ATTENDING HISTORY 

 

Dr. John Warner Hospital (Consulting)

Clinton, IL 

September 2004 – October 2005

 

St. Mary’s Hospital

Decatur, IL

January 2002 – December 2004

 

Decatur Memorial Hospital

Decatur, IL

October 2001 – October 2005

 

Women’s & Children’s Hospital

Lafayette, LA 

October 2005 – October 2008 

 

St. Francis Hospital, 

Indianapolis, IN

November 2008 – October 2009

 

Goldfish Locums Urology

Dallas, TX

2010 – 2011

 

Med-Center One - Locums Urology

Bismarck, ND 

April 2010 – July 2010

 

St. Alexius - Locums Urology

Bismarck, ND

April 2010 – October 2010

 

Innovis Medical Center/Essentia Health - Locums Urology

Fargo, ND

June 2010 – March 2011

 

Leonard Chabert Medical Center

Houma, LA

January 2011 – January 2012

 

Med Star Locums Urology

Dallas, TX

April 2011 – January 2014

 

St. Joseph Hospital - Locums Urology

Fort Wayne, IN 

May 2012 – November 2013

 

McAlester Regional Hospital

McAlester, OK

September 2012 – January 2013

 

Censeo Health Locums Urology

Dallas, TX

March 2013 – Present

 

Detroit Medical Center-Harper/Detroit Receiving Hospital

Detroit, MI 

January 2014 – December 2016

 

Gateway Regional                                                      

Granite City, IL                      

December 2016 – June 2020  

 

Red Bud Regional Medical Center (Consulting)

Red Bud, Illinois

September 2018- Current

 

Gibson City Hospital (Consulting)

Gibson City, IL 

August 2020 – May 2021

 

Iroquois Memorial Hospital (Consulting)

Watseka, IL 

October 2020 – Current 

 

Signify Health

Dallas, TX

June 2021-Current

 

HONORS/AWARDS

Performed the world’s 10,000th Sacral Neuromodulation implant at St Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, Illinois: April 6, 2004.

 

Thirlby Award: Best Presentation

“Adjusting Sling Tension to Maximize Same-day Voiding”

2004 North Central Section AUA meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida 

 

Thirlby Award: Best Presentation 

“Sacrocolpopexy with the Protack Device”

2005 North Central Section AUA Meeting, Chicago Illinois

 

Long Island Jewish Medical Center Competitive Grant: - March 1999, $150,000

“Elastin Processing in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence”

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Marinkovic, SP and Badlani Gopal. “Voiding and Sexual Function after Cerebrovascular Accidents.”  J Urology.  Submitted proposal for a 20-year update of my 2001 review on the same topic/same journal.

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Marinkovic, SP. “Pubovaginal Sling with Intraoperative Stress Testing and Dermal Allograph with a Minimum 15-year Follow-up.” Neurourology and Urodynamics. DOI Pending 2021.

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Marinkovic, SP. “Improving Clinical Outcomes with Lower Motor Voltage (£ 3 Volts) During Stage 1 Sacral Neuromodulation for IC or BPS.”  Neurourology and Urodynamics DOI.org/10.1002/nau.24123, 2019.

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Marinkovic SP. “New Technologies in the Management of OAB: Current Research and Future Prospects.” Technologies in Urology 2019. DOI-10.1177/1756287219844669.

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Marinkovic SP, Ford JC.  “Improving Clinical Outcomes for Women with Overactive Bladder or Urinary Retention Symptoms: A Comparison of Motor Response Voltages (1–9 V) during Stage 1 Sacral Neuromodulation.” BJUI, 2018.  DOI:10.1111/bjui.14240.

Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM.  “Sacral Neuromodulation Motor Response at Less Than 3 Volts Versus Greater than 3 Volts.  Are Better Clinical Results Obtained?” J. Endourology/Video Urology, September 2016.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM.  “Pudendal Neuromodulation as a Rescue Procedure after Failed Sacral Neuromodulation.” Endourology/Video Urology, October 2016 Volume 30, Number 5.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM.  “Transvaginal Rectocele Repair with Human Dermal Allograft Interposition and Bilateral Sacrospinous Fixation with a Minimum Eight-Year Follow-up.”  BMC-Urology. Accepted 6/7/2015.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM.  “Successful Bilateral Pudendal Neuromodulation to Treat Detrusor Areflexia following Severe Pubic Symphysis Fracture, a Case Report.” BMC-Urology. Accepted 6/5/2015.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Bladder Areflexia in a HIV + (Th=300) Female Patient Currently Voiding after Sacral Neuromodulation, a Case Report.” BMC-Urology. Accepted 6/15/2015.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Neuromodulation for Overactive Bladder Symptoms in Women Utilizing Either Motor or Sensory/Motor Provocation with a Minimum Nine-Year Follow-Up.” Neuromodulation. 2015 Apr 27. Doi: 10.1111/ner.12291.

Marinkovic SP.  “Sacral neuromodulation is an effective option for non-obstructive urinary retention in men with cerebral palsy.” Int J Urol. 2014 Apr; 21(4): 430-1. Doi: 10.1111/iju.12287. Epub 2013 Oct 29. No abstract available.

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Marinkovic SP, Marinkovic CM, Xie D. “Spleen injury following left extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL).” BMC Urol 2015 Feb 18; 15:4. Doi 10.1186/1471-2490-154.

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Marinkovic SP, Moldwin R, Rovner E, Stanton SL, Gillen, LM, Marinkovic CM. “Management of Overactive Bladder.” BMJ 2012; 344: e2365.

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Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Sacrocolpopexy for Post Hysterectomy Vaginal Vault Prolapse.” Chapter 28 in Hysterectomy (3 volumes) edited by Prof. Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy. ISBN 979-953-307-002-4 Published by In-Tech, NY, NY.

Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Posterior repair with Human Dermal allograft and Minimum 7-year follow-up.” Journal of Endourology, Video Urology April 2011.

 

Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Adjusting Bladder Neck Sling Length to Maximize Same-Day Voiding: With a Minimum of 6 Years Follow-up.” Journal of Endourology, Video Urology March 2011.

 

Marinkovic SP, Gillen LM, Marinkovic CM. “Sutureless Sacrocolpopexy.” Journal of Endourology, Video Urology January 2011. DOI: 10.1089/vid.2010.0122.

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PRESENTATIONS

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Serge P. Marinkovic, Lisa M Gillen, Christina M. Marinkovic. Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology, February 27, 2011. Las Vegas, NV.  “Sutureless Sacrocolpopexy.” Video

 

Serge P. Marinkovic, Lisa M Gillen, Christina M Marinkovic.

American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. May 15, 2011.

“Sutureless Sacrocolpopexy.” Video Sessions

 

Serge P. Marinkovic.  American Urological Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, May 17, 2015. “Success and Complications of Pubovaginal Sling with Human Dermis Allograph and Minimum 10-year follow-up. Podium Presentation.  

 

Serge P. Marinkovic. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. May 19, 2015.  “Does a Lower Voltage attained for Good Bellows and Ipsilateral Plantar Flexion with Tined lead Placement Portend a Better Outcome for Overactive Bladder Symptoms with Sacral Neuromodulation?” Poster Discussion  

 

Serge P. Marinkovic and Joseph Ford.  American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, May 4, 2019. Abstract 19-5826. “Can a two-hour fast before and after consuming a Sildenafil 100 mg tablet statistically improve erectile function and patient satisfaction in normal men who otherwise have failed to achieve full erection with Sildenafil use?” Podium Presentation.

 

AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Urological Association

North Central Section of Urology

Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology

International Continence Society

Board of Directors, Midwest Stone & Laser, St. Louis, Missouri

 

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

1.ABC News (Decatur, IL 2004), Discussed diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections.

2.CBS News (Lafayette, LA 2005), discussed types and treatment of urinary incontinence.

3.NBC News (Indianapolis, IN 2008), discussed PSA and Prostate cancer.

4.ABC News (Detroit, MI 2016), discussing women’s urinary incontinence diagnosis and current therapies.

 

PATIENT RESOURCES WEBSITE

In 2020, created and developed www.bladdermatters.com, a valuable resource with patient instructional/operative videos, preoperative and postoperative instructions, and links to PDFs of my articles. 

 

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Classically trained pianist, specializing in Chopin Opus 10 & 25 Etudes

• Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton rare book and manuscript collector

• Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Chopin 1st edition printed piano sheet music collector

• Dog, cat and bird enthusiast 

• Photographer and videographer

 

LANGUAGE

Fluent in English and Spanish