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William A. Brock, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.S. (Retired)
Dr. Brock is the senior member of Pediatric Urology Associates. He was the first Chief of Pediatric Urology at Schneider Children’s Hospital and the founder and original director of the fellowship program in pediatric urology. This is the only active, ACGME-accredited fellowship program of its kind in the New York Tri-State Area. Dr. Brock received his medical degree from Emory University and completed his surgical training at The New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical Center. He did his urology residency at the Mayo Clinic and the University of California in San Diego, where he was also a post-doctoral scholar in pediatric urology. Dr. Brock completed additional fellowship training in pediatric urology at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in England. He also holds a master's degree in medical management from the University of Southern California. He is board certified in urology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons. He has been Professor of Urology at both SUNY Stony Brook and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Urology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Brock was a Major in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Era, where he served as a base surgeon and hospital commander. He was the recipient of the Air Force Commendation medal. Prior to becoming Chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology at Schneider Children’s Hospital, Dr. Brock was Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Children’s Hospital and Health Center in San Diego and Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology and Pediatrics at the University of California.
Dr. Brock has authored or coauthored more than 80 articles in urology journals and textbooks of pediatric urology on such topics as undescended testes, laparoscopy, voiding problems in children, spina bifida, urinary obstruction and infection. He published one of the first papers on the use of laparoscopy for urologic disorders in children in 1984, and was the first urologist in New York to perform laparoscopy on children with undescended testes and to teach a course on this subject. Since then PUA has become an internationally recognized center for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery in children with urologic disorders.
Dr. Brock has been a visiting professor at several major medical schools and an invited lecturer to the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Urological Association. He has presented papers at multiple annual meetings of both the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Brock is a recognized expert on the subject of children born with ambiguous genitalia and recently served as a medical expert on a nationally televised talk show regarding children born with this disorder.
Dr. Brock has been listed in The New York Magazine article "The Best Doctors in New York”,as well as in "How to Find the Best Doctors for You and Your Family" and "How to Find the Best Doctors in the Metropolitan Area."
CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
Schneider Children’s Hospital
NSUH/LIJ Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY
PROFESSIONAL AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Pediatric Urology Fellowships
University of California San Diego, CA
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Liverpool, England
Urology Residency
Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
University of California San Diego, CA
General Surgery Residency
The New York Hospital – Cornell New York, NY
Medical School
Emory University Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate Education
Fordham University Bronx, NY
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