Scott Bauer, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Dr. Bauer is a general internist, translational epidemiologist, and clinician investigator with a primary care practice based at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC). He is also a member of the Baker Aging Research Institute (https://geroscience.ucsf.edu) and the Kidney Health Research Collective (https://khrc.ucsf.edu/). His academic focus is to understand the mechanisms underlying urologic aging and to define clinical phenotypes and biomarkers for older adults with debilitating urologic conditions. Dr. Bauer's areas of research expertise include geriatric urology, lifestyle and age-related risk factors, and longitudinal assessment of biomarkers, functional outcomes, and quality of life.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Residency, 2018 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2015 - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Sc.M., 2011 - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Honors and Awards
  • Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Award, American Geriatrics Society, 2021
  • Best Abstract Award, Claude D Pepper OAIC Annual Meeting, 2020
  • Grunfeld Scholar, San Francisco VA Healthcare System Research Development Initiative, 2020
  • Best Poster Award, American Urologic Association Annual Meeting, 2019
  • Butler Williams Scholar, National Institute on Aging, 2019
  • Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, Research Centers Collaborative Network, 2019
  • Faculty Learning and Development Award, UCSF Academic Senate, 2019
  • Research Education Component Advanced Scholar Award, UCSF Claude D Pepper OAIC Center, 2019
  • Editorial Fellowship, JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017
Publications

  1. Fung CH, Huang AJ, Markland AD, Schembri M, Martin JL, Bliwise DL, Cheng J, Alessi CA, Johnson TM, Burgio KL, Muirhead L, Neymark A, Der-Mcleod E, Sergent T, Chang A, Bauer SR, Spencer C, Guzman A, Vaughan CP. A multisite feasibility study of integrated cognitive-behavioral treatment for co-existing nocturia and chronic insomnia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 39389800


  2. van der Worp H, Puerto Nino AK, Blanker MH, OAB Investigators, Brignardello-Petersen R, Guyatt GH, Tikkinen KAO. Protocol for a Series of Systematic Reviews and Network Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Medications for Patients with Overactive Bladder Symptoms. European urology open science 2024. PMID: 39381595


  3. Liu TT, Pascal LE, Bauer SR, Miles HN, Panksepp JB, Lloyd GL, Li L, DeFranco DB, Ricke WA. Age-Dependent Effects of Voluntary Wheel Running Exercise on Voiding Behavior and Potential Age-Related Molecular Mechanisms in Mice. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 38198648


  4. Adrian AE, Liu TT, Pascal LE, Bauer SR, DeFranco DB, Ricke WA. Aging-Related Mitochondrial Dysfunction is Associated with Fibrosis in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2023. PMID: 37738211


  5. Langston ME, Cawthon PM, Lu K, Scherzer R, Newman JC, Covinsky K, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM, Bauer SR. Associations of Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, Area, and Specific Force with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Older Men: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 38195151


  6. Parker-Autry CY, Bauer S, Ford C, Gregory WT, Badlani G, Scales CD. Examining the role of frailty on treatment patterns and complications among older women undergoing procedure-based treatment for urinary incontinence. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 38280028


  7. Bauer SR, Langston ME, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM. Response to Letter to the Editor. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2024. PMID: 38758044


  8. Bauer SR, Parker-Autry C, Lu K, Cummings SR, Hepple RT, Scherzer R, Covinsky K, Cawthon PM, Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA) Research Group. Skeletal Muscle Health, Physical Performance, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Older Adults: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2023. PMID: 37694941


  9. Yuan JH, Rifkin DE, Ginsberg C, Cawthon PM, Kado DM, Bauer SR, Ensrud KE, Hoffman AR, Potok OA. Difference between kidney function by cystatin C versus creatinine and association with muscle mass and frailty. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024. PMID: 38819605


  10. Loeb S, Hua Q, Bauer SR, Kenfield SA, Morgans AK, Chan JM, Van Blarigan EL, Shreves AH, Mucci LA. Plant-based diet associated with better quality of life in prostate cancer survivors. Cancer 2024. PMID: 38348508


  11. Mau T, Barnes HN, Blackwell TL, Kramer PA, Bauer SR, Marcinek DJ, Ramos SV, Forman DE, Toledo FGS, Hepple RT, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings SR, Newman AB, Coen PM, Cawthon PM. Lower muscle mitochondrial energetics is associated with greater phenotypic frailty in older women and men: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging. GeroScience 2023. PMID: 37987886


  12. Sheshadri A, Lai M, Hsu FC, Bauer SR, Chen SH, Tse W, Jotwani V, Tranah GJ, Lai JC, Hallan S, Fielding RA, Liu C, Ix JH, Coca SG, Shlipak MG. Structured Moderate Exercise and Biomarkers of Kidney Health in Sedentary Older Adults: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Randomized Clinical Trial. Kidney medicine 2023. PMID: 37915963


  13. Senders A, Bauer SR, Chen Y, Oken B, Fink HA, Lane NE, Sajadi KP, Marshall LM, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. Musculoskeletal pain, a possible indicator of central sensitization, is positively associated with lower urinary tract symptom progression in community dwelling older men. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2022. PMID: 36149833


  14. Bauer SR, McCulloch CE, Cawthon PM, Ensrud KE, Suskind AM, Newman JC, Harrison SL, Senders A, Covinsky K, Marshall LM. Longitudinal Associations between Concurrent Changes in Phenotypic Frailty and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Older Men. The Journal of Frailty & Aging 2023. PMID: 36946708


  15. Bauer SR, Le T, Ensrud KE, Cawthon PM, Newman JC, Suskind AM, Covinsky K, Marshall LM, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Lower urinary tract symptom severity, urinary bother, and incident life-space mobility restriction among older men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022. PMID: 36522685


  16. Anoop Sheshadri, Mason Lai, Fang-Chi Hsu, Scott R. Bauer, Shyh-Huei Chen, Vasantha Jotwani, Gregory J. Tranah, Roger A. Fielding, Christine Liu, Joachim H. Ix, Steven G. Coca, Michael Shlipak. Effect of Structured Exercise on Biomarkers of Kidney Health in Sedentary Older Adults in the LIFE Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022. PMID:


  17. Brinkley TE, Justice JN, Basu S, Bauer SR, Loh KP, Mukli P, Ng TKS, Turney IC, Ferrucci L, Cummings SR, Kritchevsky SB. Research priorities for measuring biologic age: summary and future directions from the Research Centers Collaborative Network Workshop. GeroScience 2022. PMID: 36242692


  18. Bauer SR, Harrison SL, Cawthon PM, Senders A, Kenfield SA, Suskind AM, McCulloch CE, Covinsky K, Marshall LM, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Longitudinal Changes in Adiposity and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Older Men. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2021. PMID: 34375402


  19. Yang H, Breyer BN, Rimm EB, Giovannucci E, Loeb S, Kenfield SA, Bauer SR. Plant-based diet index and erectile dysfunction in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35484829


  20. Loeb S, Fu BC, Bauer SR, Pernar CH, Chan JM, Van Blarigan EL, Giovannucci EL, Kenfield SA, Mucci LA. Association of Plant-Based Diet Index with Prostate Cancer Risk. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34791008


  21. Bauer SR, Newman JC. Interpreting Geroscience-Guided Biomarker Studies. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35040910


  22. Chen DC, Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Bauer SR, Potok OA, Rifkin DE, Ix JH, Muiru AN, Hsu CY, Estrella MM. Association of Intraindividual Difference in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate by Creatinine vs Cystatin C and End-stage Kidney Disease and Mortality. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35175342


  23. Bauer SR, Cawthon PM, Ensrud KE, Suskind AM, Newman JC, Fink HA, Lu K, Scherzer R, Hoffman AR, Covinsky K, Marshall LM, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Lower urinary tract symptoms and incident functional limitations among older community-dwelling men. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34951697


  24. Wang EY, Breyer BN, Lee AW, Rios N, Oni-Orisan A, Steinman MA, Sim I, Kenfield SA, Bauer SR. Perceptions of Older Men Using a Mobile Health App to Monitor Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Tamsulosin Side Effects: Mixed Methods Study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34951599


  25. Scott Bauer, Kristine Ensrud, Louise C Walter, Anne M Suskind, William A Ricke, Teresa T Liu, Kevin T McVary, Kenneth Covinsky. Association of Frailty Index with Clinical BPH Progression and Serious Adverse Events: the MTOPS Trial. Innovation in Aging 2021. PMID:


  26. Lee AW, Kenfield SA, Wang EY, Enriquez A, Oni-Orisan A, Steinman MA, Sim I, Breyer BN, Bauer SR. Tracking Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Tamsulosin Side Effects Among Older Men Using a Mobile App (PERSONAL): Feasibility and Usability Study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34889745


  27. Bauer SR, Walter LC, Ensrud KE, Suskind AM, Newman JC, Ricke WA, Liu TT, McVary KT, Covinsky K. Assessment of Frailty and Association With Progression of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms and Serious Adverse Events Among Men Using Drug Therapy. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34817584


  28. Senders A, Bauer SR, Chen Y, Oken B, Fink HA, Lane NE, Sajadi KP, Marshall LM, For The Osteoporotic Fractures In Men MrOS Study Group. Lower urinary tract symptoms are associated with musculoskeletal pain among older men: Preliminary evidence for central sensitization as a mechanism? Neurourology and urodynamics 2021. PMID: 34396562


  29. Bauer SR, Kenfield SA, Sorensen M, Subak LL, Phelan S, Gupta LR, Chen B, Suskind AM, Park AJ, Iglesia C, Gass M, Hohensee C, Breyer BN. Physical Activity, Diet, and Incident Urinary Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women: Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2021. PMID: 33963837


  30. . Editorial Comment. The Journal of urology 2021. PMID: 33784183


  31. Oni-Orisan A, Srinivas N, Mehta K, Lohy Das J, Nguyen TT, Tison GH, Bauer SR, Burian M, Funk RS, Graham RA. Leveraging innovative technology to generate drug response phenotypes for the advancement of biomarker-driven precision dosing. Clinical and translational science 2021. PMID: 33421282


  32. Bauer SR, Breyer BN, Stampfer MJ, Rimm EB, Giovannucci EL, Kenfield SA. Association of Diet With Erectile Dysfunction Among Men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 33185675


  33. Bauer SR, Jin C, Kamal P, Suskind AM. Association Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Frailty in Older Men Presenting for Urologic Care. Urology 2020. PMID: 33049232


  34. Bauer SR, Scherzer R, Suskind AM, Cawthon P, Ensrud KE, Ricke WA, Covinsky K, Marshall LM. Co-Occurrence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 32822081


  35. Bauer SR, Scherzer R, Zhao S, Breyer BN, Kenfield SA, Shlipak M, Marshall LM. Association of Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Severity with Kidney Function among Community Dwelling Older Men. The Journal of urology 2020. PMID: 32924780


  36. Bauer SR, Breyer BN, Oni-Orisan A, Steinman MA, Sim I, McCulloch CE, Kenfield SA. PERSONAL: Feasibility Study Protocol for Placebo-Controlled, Randomized n-of-1 Trials of Tamsulosin for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2020. PMID: 34713020


  37. Scott R. Bauer, Benjamin N. Breyer, Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, Michael A. Steinman, Ida Sim, Charles E. McCulloch, Stacey A. Kenfield. PERSONAL: Feasibility Study Protocol for Placebo-Controlled, Randomized n-of-1 Trials of Tamsulosin for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Frontiers in Digital Health 2020. PMID:


  38. Bauer SR, Grimes B, Suskind AM, Cawthon PM, Cummings S, Huang AJ. Urinary Incontinence and Nocturia in Older Men: Associations with Body Mass, Composition, and Strength in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. The Journal of urology 2019. PMID: 31188733


  39. Bauer SR, Carroll PR, Grady D. Hematuria Practice Guidelines That Explicitly Consider Harms and Costs. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31355847


  40. Bauer SR, Van Blarigan EL, Stampfer MJ, Chan JM, Kenfield SA. Mediterranean diet after prostate cancer diagnosis and urinary and sexual functioning: The health professionals follow-up study. The Prostate 2017. PMID: 29194691


  41. Bauer SR, Katz MH. Going Beyond Guideline-Concordant Opioid Therapy to Improve Patient Safety. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28715556


  42. Bauer SR, Redberg RF. Setting the Record Straight on FDA Approvals in Oncology-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28783834


  44. Bauer SR, Redberg RF. Improving the Accelerated Pathway to Cancer Drug Approvals. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 27898987


  45. Bauer SR, Hitchner L, Harrison H, Gerstenberger J, Steiger S. Predictors of higher-risk chronic opioid prescriptions in an academic primary care setting. Substance abuse 2016. PMID: 26848633


  46. Bauer SR, Monuteaux MC, Fleegler EW. Geographic Disparities in Access to Agencies Providing Income-Related Social Services. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2015. PMID: 26264235


  47. Helfand BT, Roehl KA, Cooper PR, McGuire BB, Fitzgerald LM, Cancel-Tassin G, Cornu JN, Bauer S, Van Blarigan EL, Chen X, Duggan D, Ostrander EA, Gwo-Shu M, Zhang ZF, Chang SC, Jeong S, Fontham ET, Smith G, Mohler JL, Berndt SI, McDonnell SK, Kittles R, Rybicki BA, Freedman M, Kantoff PW, Pomerantz M, Breyer JP, Smith JR, Rebbeck TR, Mercola D, Isaacs WB, Wiklund F, Cussenot O, Thibodeau SN, Schaid DJ, Cannon-Albright L, Cooney KA, Chanock SJ, Stanford JL, Chan JM, Witte J, Xu J, Bensen JT, Taylor JA, Catalona WJ. Associations of prostate cancer risk variants with disease aggressiveness: results of the NCI-SPORE Genetics Working Group analysis of 18,343 cases. Human genetics 2015. PMID: 25715684


  48. Gerstenberger JP, Bauer SR, Van Blarigan EL, Sosa E, Song X, Witte JS, Carroll PR, Chan JM. Selenoprotein and antioxidant genes and the risk of high-grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer recurrence. The Prostate 2014. PMID: 25284284


  49. Bauer SR, Richman EL, Sosa E, Weinberg V, Song X, Witte JS, Carroll PR, Chan JM. Antioxidant and vitamin E transport genes and risk of high-grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer recurrence. The Prostate 2013. PMID: 24038157


  50. Bauer SR, Hankinson SE, Bertone-Johnson ER, Ding EL. Plasma vitamin D levels, menopause, and risk of breast cancer: dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies. Medicine 2013. PMID: 23625163


  51. Bauer SR, Fortner RT, Gates MA, Eliassen AH, Hankinson SE, Tworoger SS. Analgesic use in relation to sex hormone and prolactin concentrations in premenopausal women. Cancer causes & control : CCC 2013. PMID: 23515936


  52. Chan JM, Litwack-Harrison S, Bauer SR, Daniels NA, Wilt TJ, Shannon J, Bauer DC. Statin use and risk of prostate cancer in the prospective Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2012. PMID: 22879205


  53. Pettersson A, Graff RE, Bauer SR, Pitt MJ, Lis RT, Stack EC, Martin NE, Kunz L, Penney KL, Ligon AH, Suppan C, Flavin R, Sesso HD, Rider JR, Sweeney C, Stampfer MJ, Fiorentino M, Kantoff PW, Sanda MG, Giovannucci EL, Ding EL, Loda M, Mucci LA. The TMPRSS2:ERG rearrangement, ERG expression, and prostate cancer outcomes: a cohort study and meta-analysis. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2012. PMID: 22736790


  54. Fleegler EW, Monuteaux MC, Bauer SR, Lee LK. Attempts to silence firearm injury prevention. American journal of preventive medicine 2012. PMID: 22176854


  55. Shrime MG, Bauer SR, McDonald AC, Chowdhury NH, Coltart CE, Ding EL. Flavonoid-rich cocoa consumption affects multiple cardiovascular risk factors in a meta-analysis of short-term studies. The Journal of nutrition 2011. PMID: 21956956


  56. Yu EW, Bauer SR, Bain PA, Bauer DC. Proton pump inhibitors and risk of fractures: a meta-analysis of 11 international studies. The American journal of medicine 2011. PMID: 21605729


  57. Scott R. Bauer, Eric L. Ding, Liesbeth A. Smit. Cocoa Consumption, Cocoa Flavonoids, and Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Evidence-Based Review. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2011. PMID:


  58. Cummings SR, Tice JA, Bauer S, Browner WS, Cuzick J, Ziv E, Vogel V, Shepherd J, Vachon C, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Prevention of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: approaches to estimating and reducing risk. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2009. PMID: 19276457