Warren Snodgrass
Warren Snodgrass is a pediatric urologist specializing in the repair of hypospadias, the second most common birth defect. In 1994 he described the tubularized incised plate (TIP) repair of hypospadias, which has become known as the Snodgrass repair and has become the most common approach to repairing most forms of hypospadias. Snodgrass is internationally known for his advocacy of evidence-based surgery, and was the editor of a textbook on pediatric urology. He is in private practice near Dallas, Texas.
Biography
Snodgrass received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1980, and then completed urology residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1986. He spent 12 years in private practice with his father, a urologist, in Lubbock, Texas.[1] He worked at Children's Medical Center until 2014, serving as the Chief of Pediatric Urology for 12 years.[2]
In 2014 Snodgrass and Nicol Bush left Children’s Medical Center to establish PARC Urology for complex hypospadias surgery in children and adults.[2] Snodgrass has published widely on hypospadias repair.[3] In 1994, Snodgrass published a description of the TIP repair of hypospadias.[4] The technique has become popularly known as the Snodgrass urethroplasty or Snodgrass technique.[5] The technique became widely employed across the world.[6] In 2011, the Snodgrass technique was described as the dominant procedure for repairing most forms of hypospadias.[7]
Snodgrass has lectured and demonstrated surgical techniques internationally to pediatric urologists and surgeons. He established an annual live surgery course broadcast on the World Wide Web to teach surgeons performing hypospadias repair.[8] Snodgrass served as editor of a pediatric urology textbook, Pediatric Urology: Evidence for Optimal Patient Management.[9]
Snodgrass published a book describing the fall of Communism in East Germany entitled Swords to Plowshares.[10]
Honors and awards
Snodgrass was awarded honorary fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.[11] He has been designated a U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor.[12] Snodgrass has been listed in Marquis Who's Who.[13]
Selected publications
- Snodgrass W, Villanueva C, Bush N. Duration of Follow-up to Diagnose Hypospadias Urethroplasty Complications. Journal of Pediatric Urology 10(2) 208-11, 2014.
- Snodgrass W, Granberg C, Bush N. Urethral Strictures following Urethral Plate and Proximal Urethral Elevation during Proximal TIP Hypospadias Repair. Journal of Pediatric Urology 9(6):990-4, 2013.
- Bush N, Holzer M, Zhang S, Snodgrass W. Age does not Impact Risk for Urethroplasty Complications after Tubularized Incised Plate Repair of Hypospadias in Prepubertal Boys. Journal of Pediatric Urology. Epub May 1, 2012.
- Snodgrass W, Dajusta D, Villanueva C, Bush N. Foreskin Reconstruction does not Increase Urethroplasty or Skin Complications after Distal TIP Hypospadias Repair. Journal of Pediatric Urology 9(4):401-6, 2012.
- Snodgrass W, Cost N, Nakonezny P, Bush N: Analysis of Risk Factors for Glans Dehiscence after Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair. Journal of Urology, 185(5) 1845, 2011
- Snodgrass W, Bush N, Cost C: Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair for Distal Hypospadias. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 6(4) 408, 2010.
- Snodgrass W, Bush N, Cost N: Algorithm for Comprehensive Approach to Hypospadias Reoperation using 3 Techniques. Journal of Urology, 182(6) 2885, 2009.
- Snodgrass W, Prieto J. Straightening Ventral Curvature while Preserving the Urethral Plate in Proximal Hypospadias Repair. Journal of Urology, 182(4) 1720, 2009.
- Snodgrass W, Yucel S. Tubularized Incised Plate for Mid Shaft and Proximal Hypospadias Repair. Journal of Urology, 177(2): 698, 2007.
- Snodgrass W, Khavari, R. Prior Circumcision does not Complicate Repair of Hypospadias with an Intact Prepuce. Journal of Urology, 176(1): 296, 2006. 25
- Snodgrass W. Editorial. Assessing Outcomes of Hypospadias Surgery. Journal of Urology, 174: 816, 2005.
- Snodgrass W. Snodgrass Technique for Hypospadias Repair. British Journal of Urology International, 95(4): 683, 2005.
- Snodgrass W, Elmore J. Initial Experience with Staged Buccal Graft (Bracka) Hypospadias Reoperations. Journal of Urology, 172(4 pt 2): 1720, 2004.
- Nguyen MT and Snodgrass W. Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Reoperation. Journal of Urology, 171(6 pt.1): 2404, 2004.
- Sozubir S and Snodgrass W. A New Algorithm for Primary Hypospadias Repair Based Upon TIP Urethroplasty. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 38(8): 1157, 2003.
- Lorenzo A and Snodgrass W. Regular Dilation is unnecessary after Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair. British Journal of Urology International, 89: 94, 2002.
- Snodgrass W and Lorenzo A. Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty for Proximal Hypospadias. British Journal of Urology International, 89: 90, 2002.
- Snodgrass W. Tubularized, Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair: Indications, Technique and Complications. Urology, 54: 6, 1999.
- Snodgrass W. Does Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair Create Neourethral Strictures? Journal of Urology, 162: 1159, 1999.
- Snodgrass W, Koyle M, Manzoni G, Hurwitz R, Caldamone A and Ehrlich R. Tubularized Incised Plate Hypospadias Repair: Results of a Multicenter Experience. Journal of Urology, 156: 839, 1996.
- Snodgrass W. Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty for Distal Hypospadias. Journal of Urology, 151: 464, 1994.
- Snodgrass W, Decter RM, Roth DR and Gonzales ET, Jr. Management of the Penile Shaft in Hypospadias Repair: Alternative to Byars’ Flaps. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 23: 181, 1988.
- Snodgrass W, Bush N. Distal Hypospadias In: Urologic Surgery: Step-by-Step. Eds: Suks Minhas, John Mulhall, Robert Flanigan, Hendrik Van Poppel, Wiley, Oxford, submitted.
- Snodgrass W, Bush N. Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty: Gold Standard for Primary Hypospadias In: Hypospadias: Challenges and Limits. Ed: Miroslav Djordjevic, Nova, New York, submitted.
- Snodgrass W. Hypospadias: In: Campbell-Walsh Urology Eleventh Edition. Eds: Alan Wein, Louis Kavoussi, Andrew Novick, Alan Partin, Craig Peters, Elsevier, Philadelphia, in press.
- Snodgrass W. Decision-Making in Hypospadias Surgery. In: Hinman’s Atlas of Urologic Surgery, 3rd Edition. Edited by Joseph Smith Jr., Stuart Howards and Glenn Preminger. Elsevier, 2012, pp 97-101.
- Snodgrass W. Hypospadias Urethroplasty. In: Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management. Edited by Duncan Wilcox, Prasad Godbole and Martin Koyle, Blackwell, 2009, pp 201-11.
- Snodgrass W. Tubularized Incised Plate (TIP) Repair. In: Operative Pediatric Urology, 2nd Edition. Edited by J. David Frank and Howard M. Snyder, III. Churchill Livingstone, London, 2002.
- Snodgrass W. Hypospadias. In: Glenn’s Urologic Surgery, 5th Edition. Edited by SD Graham, Jr, Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998, pp. 809-813.
- Snodgrass W. Reoperative Urethroplasty after Failed Hypospadias Repair. Atlas of the Urological Clinics of North America, 12:105, 2004.
- Snodgrass W. Consultation with the specialist: Hypospadias. Pediatrics in Review, 25(2): 63-7, 2004.
- Snodgrass W. Hypospadias surgery – Current Techniques and Management of Complications. International Journal Urology 9:S34, 2002.
- Snodgrass W, Editor: Reoperative Hypospadias: A Spectrum of Challenges. Dialogues in Pediatric Urology. 25: Number 2, 2002.
- Snodgrass W. Tubularized Incised Plate (TIP) Hypospadias Repair. Urologic Clinics of North America, 29:285, 2002.
- Snodgrass W. New Directions in Distal Hypospadias Repair: TIP Urethroplasty. Contemporary Urology, 13:28, 2001.
- Snodgrass W. Changing Concepts in Hypospadias Repair. Current Opinion in Urology, 9:513, 1999.
- Snodgrass W. TIP Hypospadias Repair: Techniques, Results and Commonly Asked Questions. Society for Pediatric Urology Newsletter, Volume 1(3):, 1999.
- Keating MA, Manzoni GM, Retik AB and Snodgrass W. Symposium: Contemporary Hypospadiology, Part I. Moderated by A. Caldamone and D.A. Diamond. Contemporary Urology 11:16, 1999.
- Keating MA, Manzoni GM, Retik AB and Snodgrass W. Symposium: Contemporary Hypospadiology, Part II. Moderated by A. Caldamone and D.A. Diamond. Contemporary Urology, 11:61, 1999.
Notes
- ↑ "Warren Snodgrass, M.D., F.R.C.S.". Forest Park Medical Center Frisco. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About us". PARC Urology. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ Search results. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Subramaniam, R.; Spinoit, A. F.; Hoebeke, P. (August 2011). "Hypospadias repair: An overview of the actual techniques". Seminars in Plastic Surgery 25 (3): 206–212. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Alsharbaini, R.; Almaramhy, H. (March 2014). "Snodgrass urethroplasty for hypospadias repair: A retrospective comparison of two variations of the technique". Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences 9 (1): 69–73. doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2013.10.002. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Tonvichien, V.; Niramis, R. (August 2003). "Tubularized, incised plate urethroplasty in hypospadias repair: experience at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health". Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 86: S522–S530. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Smith, Joseph; Howards, Stuart; McGuire, Edward; Preminger, Glenn (2012). Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 102. ISBN 1-4160-4210-5. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Live Surgery Workshop and Webinar for Hypospadias Repair. Children's Medical Center. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Warren T. Snodgrass, MD. American Urological Association.
- ↑ "Catalogue". National Library of Australia. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Fellows and Members. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Warren Snodgrass. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Warren Snodgrass. Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
References
1. Snodgrass W: Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty for distal hypospadias. J Urol 151: 464, 1994
4. AUA University Annual Urological Review Course, Education and Research, Inc.