Heather DiCarlo, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Pediatric Urology
• Director, Pediatric Urology Research

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Urology

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Brady Urological Institute
• Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Videos

• Dr. Heather McCaffrey Di Carlo, Pediatric Urology

• Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR) | FAQ with Dr. Heather Di Carlo

Research Interests

Cloacal exstrophy, Complex genitourinary reconstruction, Disorders of sexual development, Epispadias, Exstrophy-epispadias complex, Hydrocele, Penile anomalies, Renal duplication, Renal transplantation, Spina bifida, Ureterocele, Ureteropelvic junction obstruction

PubMed - Publications

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=heather+dicarlo

Selected Publications

• Gearhart JP, Dicarlo HN. “Editorial comment.” J Urol. 2014 May;191(5):1387. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.11.115. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

• Kern AJ, Inouye B, Ko JS, Gorin MA, Allaf ME, Goldstein S, DiCarlo HN, Shah BB, Wang MH. “Impact of nephrectomy on long-term renal function in non-syndromic children treated for unifocal Wilms tumor.” J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Aug;10(4):662-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.06.017. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

• Shah BB, Massanyi EZ, Dicarlo H, Shear D, Kern A, Baradaran N, Gearhart JP. “Role of urethral bulking agents in epispadias-exstrophy complex patients.” J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Feb;10(1):176-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.08.004. Epub 2013 Sep 2.

• Stewart D, Inouye BM, Goldstein SD, Shah BB, Massanyi EZ, DiCarlo H, Kern AJ, Tourchi A, Baradaran N, Gearhart JP. “Pediatric surgical complications of major genitourinary reconstruction in the exstrophy-epispadias complex.” J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Jan;50(1):167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.10.036. Epub 2014 Oct 26.

• Supe-Markovina K, Melquist JJ, Connolly D, DiCarlo HN, Waltzer WC, Fine RN, Darras FS. “Alemtuzumab with corticosteroid minimization for pediatric deceased donor renal transplantation: a seven-yr experience.” Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Jun;18(4):363-8. doi: 10.1111/petr.12253. Epub 2014 Apr 9.

Honors

• 2018 Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine
• Research Grant Award, Bladder Exstrophy Research Foundation, 1/1/13
• Chief Resident Debate Winner, AUA New York Section, 1/1/12
• Blue Ribbon Award: Poster of Distinction, American Transplant Congress, 1/1/12
• Surgical Intern of the Year, Stony Brook University Department of Surgery, 1/1/06
• Gold Foundation Humanism Honor Society, Stony University School of Medicine, 1/1/06

Memberships

• Society for Pediatric Urology,

  a non-profit society for practitioners involved in the treatment of genitourinary disorders in children

• American Urological Association,

  an association that provides support to the urological community

• Endourological Society