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Specialties
Board Certification
American Board of UrologyPatient Rating
4.9 /5( out of 132 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety.
Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.May 26, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSThank you for treating me with respect and taking care of my needs. All is well and I feel good.
May 25, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSDr. Summers is very knowledgeable and caring. He listens to me and explains things in a way I can understand. He is willing to take the time to address my issues.
May 25, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSDr. Stephen Summers is very pleasant and knowlegeable. He took care of all of my concerns/questions during the visit.
May 20, 2024FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTERVery professional and likable.
May 06, 2024FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTERA courteous , caring surgeon who listens & explains the surgery in laymen's terms. Answers any questions one might have
May 05, 2024FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTERI was impressed with his knowledge and his effort to fully explain my condition and impressed with the plan to totally address my issues.
April 29, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSI would recommend Dr Summers for the following reasons. He is courteous. knowledgeable and a good surgeon. He listens carefully to my concerns and explains the pros and cons of having surgery. He has performed surgery on myself and it turned out well.
April 28, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSCompleted my first appointment with Dr. Summers last week. He listened intently as I explained what I had been experiencing. He explained things to me and my wife in a way we could understand. He explained the procedure and testing he recommended and I was able to get those tests completed in that same visit. We felt that he cared about me as a patient and a person. I have great confidence in his ability to treat me. Highly recommend Dr. Summers
April 12, 2024UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICSDr Summers is a caring thoughtful individual who listens and doesn't get offended when asked questions. He is very appreciated.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Surgery -Primary Academic Divisions Urology
Board Certification American Board of UrologyEducation history
Residency Urology - University of Utah Resident General Surgery - University of Utah Intern Professional Medical Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin M.D. Idaho State University B.S. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Summers SJ, Armstrong JM, Kaplan SA, Te AE, Le A, Heiner SM, Presson AP, Wei G, Hotaling JM (2020). Male Voiding Behavior: Insight from 19,824 At-Home Uroflow Profiles. J Urol, 205(4), 1126-1132. (Read full article)
- Summers SJ, Armstrong JM, Kaplan SA, Te AE, Le A, Heiner SM, Presson AP, Wei G, Hotaling JM (2021). Reply by Authors. J Urol, 205(4), 1132. (Read full article)
- Kirshenbaum EJ, Zhao LC, Myers JB, Elliott SP, Vanni AJ, Baradaran N, Erickson BA, Buckley JC, Voelzke BB, Granieri MA, Summers SJ, Breyer BN, Dash A, Weinberg A, Alsikafi NF (2018). Patency and Incontinence Rates After Robotic Bladder Neck Reconstruction for Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis and Recalcitrant Bladder Neck Contractures: The Trauma and Urologic Reconstructive Network of Surgeons Experience. Urology, 118, 227-233. (Read full article)
- Summers SJ, Patel DP, Hamilton BD, Presson AP, Fisher MA, Lowrance WT, Southwick AW (2015). An antimicrobial prophylaxis protocol using rectal swab cultures for transrectal prostate biopsy. World J Urol, 33(12), 2001-7. (Read full article)
Review
- Sperry BW, Summers S, Patel D, Garcia M, Bandeko C (2021). A Practical Approach for Primary Care Practitioners to Evaluate and Manage Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. [Review]. Fed Pract, 38(12), 573-581. (Read full article)
Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast
- Summers, SJ, Anderson R (2018). Simple Prostatectomy for BPH: Surgeons demponstrate robotic approaches [Video]. Urology Times. Available: www.urologytimes.com.
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