Professor of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital
Urology
Dr. Alan B. Retik, MD
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Alan Retik works in the field of Urology. He went to Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University has a rank of 18 in research and a 49 in primary care He received 4 awards: "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD", "Fellow (FAAP)" and "Super Doctor". Alan Retik is a published physician as well. He has 61 publications published. The latest was: New contralateral vesicoureteral reflux after unilateral ureteral reimplantation: predictive factors and clinical outcomes.
Publications
- New contralateral vesicoureteral reflux after unilateral ureteral reimplantation: predictive factors and clinical outcomes.
- Development and initial validation of a scoring system to diagnose Testicular torsion in children.
- B7-h1 as a biomarker for therapy failure in patients with favorable histology wilms tumor.
- A novel method of evaluating ureteropelvic junction obstruction: dynamic near infrared fluorescence imaging compared to standard modalities to assess urinary obstructi...
- Variations in management of mild prenatal hydronephrosis among maternal-fetal medicine obstetricians, and pediatric urologists and radiologists.
- Clinical Outcomes and Long-Term Resolution in Patients with Persistent Vesicoureteral Reflux After Open Ureteral Reimplantation.
- Protective Locus Against Renal Scarring on Chromosome 11 in Affected Sib Pairs with Familial Vesicoureteral Reflux Identified by Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Linkage...
- Development and initial validation of a disease specific quality of life survey for children with vesicoureteral reflux.
- Long-term incidence of urinary tract infection after ureteral reimplantation for primary vesicoureteral reflux.
- Durability of Antireflux Effect of Ureteral Reimplantation for Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux: Findings on Long-term Cystography.
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic excision of symptomatic retrovesical cysts in boys and young adults.
- Hydronephrosis following ureteral reimplantation: When is it concerning?
- Development and implementation of a photographic atlas for parental instruction and guidance after outpatient penile surgery.
- Genome gender diversity in affected sib-pairs with familial vesico-ureteric reflux identified by single nucleotide polymorphism linkage analysis.
- Gender Assignment for Newborns With 46XY Cloacal Exstrophy: A 6-Year Followup Survey of Pediatric Urologists.
- Analysis of indications for ureteral reimplantation in 3738 children with vesicoureteral reflux: A single institutional cohort.
- Bladder neck reconstruction is often necessary after complete primary repair of exstrophy.
- Identifying ureteropelvic junction obstruction by fluorescence imaging: a comparative study of imaging modalities to assess renal function and degree of obstruction in...
- Perioperative risk factors for major complications in pediatric surgery: a study in surgical risk assessment for children.
- Robotic assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation in children: case matched comparative study with open surgical approach.
- Quality of life in children with vesicoureteral reflux as perceived by children and parents.
- Long-term experience and outcomes of robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in children and young adults.
- Risk factors for urinary tract infection after renal transplantation and its impact on graft function in children and young adults.
- Contemporary epidemiology and characterization of newborn males with prune belly syndrome.
- Perioperative risk factors for surgical complications in pediatric urology: a pilot study in preoperative risk assessment in children.
- Improvement in vesicoureteral reflux grade on serial imaging predicts resolution.
- Parental satisfaction after open versus robot assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: results from modified Glasgow Children's Benefit Inventory Survey.
- What is the optimal surgical strategy for bulbous urethral stricture in boys?
- Nomograms for predicting annual resolution rate of primary vesicoureteral reflux: results from 2,462 children.
- Ultrasound versus computerized tomography for evaluating urolithiasis.
- Robotic assisted laparoscopic Mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy: preliminary experience in a pediatric population.
- Safety profile of trocar and insufflation needle access systems in laparoscopic surgery.
- Comparing the quality of the suture anastomosis and the learning curves associated with performing open, freehand, and robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty in a s...
- Caliceal diverticula in children: natural history and management.
- Robot assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a viable and safe option in children.
- Vesicoureteral reflux and urinary tract infection in children with a history of prenatal hydronephrosis--should voiding cystourethrography be performed in cases of pos...
- In utero treatment for bladder outlet obstruction using robot assisted laparoscopic techniques.
- Prospective followup in patients after complete primary repair of bladder exstrophy.
- Patterns and predictors of laparoscopic complications in pediatric urology: the role of ongoing surgical volume and access techniques.
- Does the Deflux procedure reduce the incidence of urinary tract infections in children with vesicoureteral reflux?
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic ileal bladder augmentation: defining techniques and potential pitfalls.
- Relationship of varicocele grade and Testicular hypotrophy to semen parameters in adolescents.
- Sex assignment for newborns with ambiguous genitalia and exposure to fetal testosterone: attitudes and practices of pediatric urologists.
- Pediatric robot assisted laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty: comparison with a cohort of open surgery.
- Testicular hypotrophy does not correlate with grade of adolescent varicocele.
- Balanitis xerotica obliterans in boys.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of pelvic musculoskeletal and genitourinary anatomy in patients before and after complete primary repair of bladder exstrophy.
- Bladder growth and development after complete primary repair of bladder exstrophy in the newborn with comparison to staged approach.
- Intermittent Testicular torsion: diagnostic features and management outcomes.
- Early outcome following complete primary repair of bladder exstrophy in the newborn.
- Pediatric retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: comparison with an age matched cohort of open surgery.
- Increasing the ranks of physician-scientists in urology through the promotion of fellowship training: the example of pediatric urology.
- Prepubertal testis tumors: actual prevalence rate of histological types.
- Is adolescent varicocele a progressive disease process?
- Lack of major involvement of human uroplakin genes in vesicoureteral reflux: implications for disease heterogeneity.
- Mechanisms of failure of endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux based on endoscopic anatomy.
- Fibroepithelial polyps causing ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children.
- Urethral stricture repair with an off-the-shelf collagen matrix.
- Rate and predictors of spontaneous resolution of prenatally diagnosed primary nonrefluxing megaureter.
- Complications of hypospadias repair.
Schools
Weill Cornell Medical College
Brigham and Women39s Hospital
New England Med Center
Strong Memorial Hospital Ny
Hospital For Sick Childrenlondon
Procedures Preformed
- Orchiectomy
Conditions Treated
- Testicular Cancer
Doctors Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- GHI PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Tufts PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Super Doctor
Education
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Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Tufts Medical Center -
University of Rochester -
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
Hospital
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Boston Children's Hospital
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