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Heidi A. Stephany

Heidi A. Stephany

•Chair of Surgery Department, Children's Hospital of Orange County
•HS Associate Clinical Professor of Urology, University of California, Irvine Children's Hospital of Orange County

Biography

Heidi A. Stephany, M.D., FACS, is Chair of the Surgery Department and HS Associate Clinical Professor of Urology at Children's Hospital of Orange County and University of California, Irvine. She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2006, completed her urology residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2011, and completed a pediatric urology fellowship at Vanderbilt University in 2013. Stephany is board certified in urology and holds a subspecialty certificate in pediatric urology from the American Board of Urology. She serves as Fellowship Director for Pediatric Urology at the University of California, Irvine Division of Pediatric Urology and as Urology Resident Site Director at Children's Hospital of Orange County.

Stephany's research focuses on pediatric voiding dysfunction, neurogenic bladder, and prenatal hydronephrosis. She has contributed to the Society for Pediatric Urology Prenatal Hydronephrosis Task Force, a multi-center collaborative that has produced numerous publications analyzing outcomes in children with prenatal hydronephrosis and vesicoureteral reflux. Her work has examined the utility of antibiotic prophylaxis, risk stratification for conservative management, and the development of prediction scores for hydronephrosis resolution. She has also investigated novel treatments for pediatric urologic conditions, including transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for nocturnal enuresis and home bladder manometry for neurogenic bladder management. Stephany has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications and eight book chapters.

Stephany has been active in medical education and global health initiatives throughout her career. She was elected as the Society of Academic Urologists representative to the American College of Graduate Medical Education for the development of the Pediatric Urology Fellowship Milestones 2.0 in 2020. She serves as Board President of International Volunteers in Urology, an organization dedicated to improving urologic care in underserved regions, and has participated in numerous visiting professorships and surgical workshops in Africa, Asia, and South America since 2014. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

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Education

  • B.S. in Biology, Kansas State University, 2002
  • M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine, 2006
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Areas of Expertise

  • Pediatric Urology
  • Prenatal Hydronephrosis Management
  • Vesicoureteral Reflux Treatment
  • Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
  • Hypospadias Surgical Repair
  • Urinary Tract Infection Prevention
  • Global Surgical Volunteerism

Recent Publications

  • Favel K, Kelly MS, Lam STT, Bone JN, Morgan KE, Stephany HA, Thomas S, Afshar K, Panagiotopoulos C, “Prevalence and Risk Factors for Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction in Children With Type 1 Diabetes”, Pediatr Diabetes, vol. 2025, pp. 5294835, 2025.
  • Kim JK, Yadav P, Bitcon C, Keefe D, Comella A, Taghavi K, Kattini R, Davis-Dao CA, Khoury AE, Khondker A, Chua M, Wehbi EJ, Chuang KW, Stephany HA, Wang ZTP, Dave S, Boswell T, Bicknell BT, Ansari MS, Romao R, et al., “Development and international validation of a novel multivariate prognostic tool: posterior urethral valve risk of chronic kidney disease (PURK) score”, Pediatr Nephrol, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 2267-2276, 2025.
  • Huen KH, Davis-Dao CA, Schaeffer A, Fendereski K, Nguyen V, Marietti-Shepherd S, Sturm RM, Rutherford E, Wehbi EJ, Chuang KW, Khoury AE, Stephany HA, Western Pediatric Urology Consortium, “Smooth sailing or rocky road in navigating the ureteral orifice: Does preoperative tamsulosin improve success of primary ureteroscopy in children?”, J Pediatr Urol, 2025.
  • Macaraeg AM, Alshehabi SM, Huen KH, Davis-Dao CA, Williamson SH, Boswell TC, Chalmers C, Stephany HA, Chuang KW, Wehbi EJ, Kain ZN, Kaplan SH, Khoury AE, “Experiences and barriers with home bladder manometry in the pediatric neurogenic bladder population: A qualitative study”, J Pediatr Urol, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 173-180, 2025.
  • Wehbi EJ, Davis-Dao CA, Williamson SH, Herndon CDA, Chamberlin JD, Dudley AG, Cannon S, Lockwood GM, Kern NG, Zee RS, Braga LH, Welch V, Chuang KW, McGrath M, Stephany HA, Khoury AE, “The Conundrum of high-grade hydronephrosis with non-obstructive drainage on diuretic renography”, J Pediatr Urol, vol. 20, no. Suppl 1, pp. S11-S17, 2024.
  • Boswell TC, Davis-Dao CA, Williamson SH, Chamberlin JD, Ngueyn T, Chuang KW, Stephany HA, Wehbi EJ, Khoury AE, “Endoscopic treatment of primary obstructive megaureter with high pressure balloon dilation in infants”, J Pediatr Urol, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 67-74, 2024.
  • Stephany HA, Williamson SH, “The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Urinary System, Volume 5 3E”, Elsevier, 2024.
  • Huen KH, Macaraeg A, Davis-Dao CA, Williamson SH, Boswell TC, Suhale Z, Chamberlin JD, Chuang KW, Stephany HA, Wehbi EJ, Khoury AE, “The double-face onlay-tube-onlay transverse preputial flap: An advantageous alternative to the two-stage hypospadias repair?”, J Pediatr Urol, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 701.e1-701, 2023.
  • Chaudhry R, Dangle PP, Cannon GM, Schneck FX, Stephany HA, “Prospective Evaluation of Radiation Dose with Conventional Fluoroscopic Voiding Cystourethrogram in Pediatric Patients”, J Pediatr Urol, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 790.e1-790, 2021.
  • Karani R, Tapiero S, Jefferson FA, Vernez S, Xie L, Larson KN, Osann K, Okhunov Z, Patel RM, Landman JL, Clayman RV, Stephany HA, “Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Surgical Skills of Urology Resident Applicants: Four-Year Experience”, J Surg Educ, 2021.
  • Kopelevich A, Holzman SA, La J, Lai HA, Torno L, Stephany HA, “Crizotinib-associated renal cyst formation in a pediatric patient with ALK+ epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma”, Urology, vol. 149, pp. 222-224, 2021.
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Contact Information

Email: hstepha1@uci.edu

Phone: (714) 509-3914

Address: 505 S. Main St Ste 100 Orange, CA. 92868, Irvine, CA 92868

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Last updated on 3/12/2026.