Dr. Stacy Tricia Tanaka M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
4102 Doctors Office Tower 2200 Children's Way Nashville TN, 37232Rating
3/5
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Dr. Stacy Tanaka practices Pediatric Urology in Nashville, TN. 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. Tanaka is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Tanaka 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
Univ Of Ca- Davis- Sch Of Med- Davis Ca 2001
University of California 2001
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Is bladder biopsy necessary at three or six months post BCG therapy?
- Pediatric urologic conditions, including urinary infections.
- Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells: current and future applications in the urinary bladder.
- Commentary to "History and physical examination findings predictive of testicular torsion: an attempt to promote clinical diagnosis by house staff".
- Risk factors associated with chronic kidney disease in patients with posterior urethral valves without prenatal hydronephrosis.
- Editorial comment.
- The aging pediatric urology patient: obstacles and opportunities in transition care.
- Observation of patients with vesicoureteral reflux off antibiotic prophylaxis: physician bias on patient selection and risk factors for recurrent febrile urinary tract infection.
- Use of validated bladder/bowel dysfunction questionnaire in the clinical pediatric urology setting.
- Incidence of abnormal imaging and recurrent pyelonephritis after first febrile urinary tract infection in children 2 to 24 months old.
- Analysis of an intervention to reduce parental anxiety prior to voiding cystourethrogram.
- Long-term follow-up of children who underwent severe hypospadias repair using an online survey with validated questionnaires.
- Bullying and lower urinary tract symptoms: why the pediatric urologist should care about school bullying.
- Transition of urologic patients from pediatric to adult care: a preliminary assessment of readiness in spina bifida patients.
- Diagnosis of constipation does not correlate with trans-abdominal ultrasound of rectal distention.
Treatments
- Kidney Stones
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Inguinal Hernia
- Blepharoplasty-eyelids
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