Irina Stanasel, MD
- Pediatric Urologist, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English, Romanian, Spanish
- Locations (2)
Biography
Irina Stanasel, M.D., is a pediatric urologist at Children’s Health℠ and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical School. She provides care for children of all ages who have a variety of urologic disorders.
“Being a pediatric urologist affords me the opportunity to take care of children with urologic conditions ranging from ones that require a few office visits to others that require surgery and long term regular follow up visits” she says. “I enjoy getting to know patients and helping them and their families by developing individualized treatment plans and caring for the kids at various stages of childhood.”
Dr. Stanasel received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and completed her residency in urology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She completed a pediatric urology fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Her specialties include fetal urology, bladder bowel dysfunction, complex hypospadias repair, prune belly syndrome and quality improvement in pediatric urology.
In addition to her medical degree, Dr. Stanasel holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Texas, Austin. She also spent two years as a faculty member at the University of New Mexico working with underserved populations.
Dr. Stanasel grew up in Romania before moving to Dallas as a teenager. She speaks English, Romanian and some Spanish. In her free time, Dr. Stanasel enjoys yoga, running, hiking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
“I enjoy getting to know patients and helping them and their families by developing individualized treatment plans and caring for the kids at various stages of childhood.”
Dr. StanaselEducation and Training
- Medical School
- Baylor College of Medicine (2008)
- Residency
- Wake Forest School of Medicine (2013), Urology
- Fellowship
- Texas Children's Hospital (2015), Pediatric Urology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Urology(Pediatric Urology)
Conditions Treated
- Absence of vagina or inadequate vaginal length in adolescents
- Adolescent urethral prolapse
- Anorectal malformation (imperforate anus or ARM)
- Bladder exstrophy
- Caudal regression syndrome (CRS)
- Chordee (penile curvature)
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Concealed or buried penis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
- Congenital penile torsion
- Duplicated uterus and or vagina
- Ectopic ureter
- Epispadias
- Gonadal dysgenesis
- Hypospadias in boys
- Hypotonia ataxia and delayed development syndrome (HADDS)
- Meatal stenosis in boys
- Micropenis
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney in children (MCDK)
- Pediatric ambiguous genitalia
- Pediatric androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Pediatric bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
- Pediatric bladder stones
- Pediatric constipation
- Pediatric cystinuria (inherited kidney stone disorder)
- Pediatric daytime wetting (urinary incontinence)
- Pediatric duplex kidney (duplicated collecting system)
- Pediatric hematuria (blood in urine)
- Pediatric horseshoe kidney (renal fusion)
- Pediatric hydrocele
- Pediatric hydronephrosis
- Pediatric inguinal hernia (groin)
- Pediatric labial adhesions
- Pediatric megaureter
- Pediatric nephrolithiasis (kidney and ureteral stones)
- Pediatric neurogenic bladder
- Pediatric penile lesion
- Pediatric phimosis
- Pediatric recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Pediatric spinal cord injury
- Pediatric torsion of the appendix testis and appendix epididymis
- Pediatric undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Pediatric urethral stricture
- Pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI)
- Pediatric urinary urgency and/or frequency
- Pediatric varicocele
- Pediatric vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
- Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in children
- Posterior urethral valves (PUV)
- Prune belly syndrome (Eagle-Barrett syndrome)
- Retractile testicles in boys
- Spina bifida
- Testicular torsion in males
- Tethered spinal cord in children
- Ureterocele
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) in children
- Ureterovesical junction obstruction (UVJ) in children
- Urogenital sinus in girls
Treatments
- Pediatric buccal mucosa vaginoplasty
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- Pediatric fertility preservation
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic bladder reconstruction
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplant
- Pediatric ureteroscopy
- Pediatric video urodynamic study (VUDS)
- Posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty (PSARVUP)