Dr. Heidi A. Stephany, MD, FACS
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
1 Childrens Hospital Dr 4401 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA, 15224About
Dr. Heidi Stephany practices Pediatric Urology in Pittsburgh, PA. Pediatric urologists treat young patients who suffer from an illness or disease of the genitals or urinary tract, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder. As a pediatric urologist, Dr. Stephany is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Stephany performs include surgical reconstruction of the urinary tract, hypospadias, and disorders of sex development; surgery for groin conditions in childhood; evaluation and surgical management of kidney stone disease; and surgical management of tumors and malignancies of the kidney, bladder, and testis.
Education and Training
University of Wales in Great Britain
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the bladder masquerading as eosinophilic cystitis: case report and review of the literature.
- The Role of Prophylactic Antibiotics After Minimally Invasive Pyeloplasty With Ureteral Stent Placement in Children.
- Laparoscopic vs Open Pyeloplasty in Children: Results of a Randomized, Prospective, Controlled Trial.
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation of the Foot: Results of a Novel At-home, Noninvasive Treatment for Nocturnal Enuresis in Children.
- Robotic Ureteral Reimplant-the Current Role.
- Advances in Pediatric Urinary Diversion.
Treatments
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Inguinal Hernia
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