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Andrew Stec, MD

Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, North Florida

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Health, Jacksonville 807 Children's Way Jacksonville, FL 32207

Biography

Associate Professor of Urology and Chief of Pediatric Urology at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Health, Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital. Research interests include: Social Determinants of Health and their impact on clinical outcomes; congenital pediatric urological conditions; clinical outcomes

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Urology - Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2011

Internship

  • General Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2005

Residency

  • Urology - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2009

Education

  • M.D. - Emory University, 2004

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Urology
  • American Board of Urology/Pediatric Urology

  • Commentary to Staged laparoscopic orchiopexy of intra-abdominal testis: Spermatic vessels division versus traction? a multicentric comparative study; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2024).

  • Impact of social disparities on 10 year survival rates in paediatric cancers: a cohort study; The Lancet Regional Health - Americas; (2023).

  • An evaluation of perioperative surgical procedures and complications in classic bladder exstrophy patients Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric (NSQIP-P); Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2022).

  • Open versus minimally invasive ureteroneocystostomy: trends and outcomes in a NSQIP-P cohort; Journal of Robotic Surgery; (2022).

  • Effect of social disparities on 10 year survival in pediatric patients with Wilms' tumor; Cancer Medicine; (2022).

  • Comparative effectiveness of paediatric kidney stone surgery (the PKIDS trial): study protocol for a patient-centred pragmatic clinical trial.; BMJ open; (2022).

  • The Surgical Improvement Cycle: Improving Surgical Outcomes through Partnerships and Rigor.; The Journal of urology; (2021).

  • Volumetric and acetabular changes in the bony pelvis associated with primary closure of classic bladder exstrophy; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2020).

  • Robot-assisted laparoscopic midureteral stricture repair and percutaneous stent placement in an infant; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2019).

  • Ischemic priapism in pediatric patients: Spontaneous detumescence with ketamine sedation; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2018).

  • Pathologic Specimens at Time of Pyeloplasty: Frequency and Practice Patterns; Urology; (2018).

  • Laparoscopic intra-abdominal patent processus vaginalis ligation in pediatric urology practice; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2017).

  • Open Partial Nephrectomy for Wilms' Tumor in a Cross-fused Pelvic Ectopic Kidney; Urology; (2016).

  • Continence in the cloacal exstrophy patient: What does it cost?; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2016).

  • Post-surgical infections and perioperative antibiotics usage in pediatric genitourinary procedures; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2015).

  • 2D and 3D MRI features of classic bladder exstrophy; Clinical Radiology; (2014).

  • Impact of pelvic osteotomy on the incidence of inguinal hernias in classic bladder exstrophy; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2014).

  • Comparison of musculoskeletal anatomic relationships, determined by magnetic resonance imaging, in postpubertal female patients with and without classic bladder exstrophy; BJU International; (2013).

  • Editorial Comment; Journal of Urology; (2013).

  • Urological outcomes in the omphalocele exstrophy imperforate anus spinal defects (OEIS) complex: Experience with 80 patients; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2013).

  • Preservation of renal function in the modern staged repair of classic bladder exstrophy; Unknown Source; (2013).

  • Urinary Diversion in Early Childhood: Indications and Outcomes in the Exstrophy Patients; Urology; (2012).

  • The modern staged repair of classic bladder exstrophy: A detailed postoperative management strategy for primary bladder closure; Journal of Pediatric Urology; (2012).

  • Transforming growth factor-β1 mediates migration in cultured human control and exstrophy bladder smooth muscle cells.; The Journal of urology; (2012).

  • Using a serosal trough for fashioning a continent catheterizable stoma: technique and outcomes; BJU International; (2012).

  • Initial Characterization of Exstrophy Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells in Culture; Journal of Urology; (2012).

  • Delayed Primary Closure of Bladder Exstrophy: Immediate Postoperative Management Leading to Successful Outcomes; Urology; (2012).

  • Delayed Primary Repair of Bladder Exstrophy: Ultimate Effect on Growth; Journal of Urology; (2012).

  • Is Pelvic Osteotomy Associated with Lower Risk of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Postpubertal Females with Classic Bladder Exstrophy?; Journal of Urology; (2012).

  • Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Muscular Redistribution After Primary Closure of Classic Bladder Exstrophy by 3-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Journal of Urology; (2012).

  • The role of osteotomy in surgical repair of bladder exstrophy; Seminars in Pediatric Surgery; (2011).

  • Embryology and bony and pelvic floor anatomy in the bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex; Seminars in Pediatric Surgery; (2011).

  • Congenital Renal Anomalies in Patients With Classic Bladder Exstrophy; Urology; (2011).

  • Unusual Presentation of a Mullerian Remnant in an Infant with Recurrent Epididymo-orchitis; Urology; (2011).

  • Colorectal anomalies in patients with classic bladder exstrophy; Journal of Pediatric Surgery; (2011).

  • Complete Primary Repair of Bladder Exstrophy: A Single Institution Referral Experience; Journal of Urology; (2011).

  • Isolated Distal Vaginal Agenesis Masquerading as Recurrent Urinary Infections in an Adolescent Female; The Journal of Pediatrics; (2011).

  • Orchiopexy for Intra-Abdominal Testes: Factors Predicting Success; Journal of Urology; (2009).

  • Open renal biopsy: comorbidities and complications in a contemporary series; BJU International; (2009).

  • Waiting Time From Initial Urological Consultation to Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma—Does it Affect Survival?; Unknown Source; (2008).

  • Prognostic factors in T3b renal cell carcinoma; Unknown Source; (2008).

  • Incidence of Testicular Ascent in Boys With Retractile Testes; Journal of Urology; (2007).

  • Fetal bony pelvis in the bladder exstrophy complex: normal potential for growth?; Urology; (2003).

  • Classic bladder exstrophy in a nonhuman primate: a comparative analysis; Urology; (2002).

  • PELVIC FLOOR ANATOMY IN CLASSIC BLADDER EXSTROPHY USING 3-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY:; The Journal of Urology; (2001).

  • Evaluation of the bony pelvis in classic bladder exstrophy by using 3D-CT: further insights; Urology; (2001).