Irina Stanasel, MD
Pediatric Urologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English Romanian,Spanish
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.”
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.
Education 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,
American Board of Urology(Pediatric Urology)
Conditions
- Absence of vagina or inadequate vaginal length in adolescents
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder stones
- Caudal regression syndrome (CRS)
- Chordee (penile curvature)
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Concealed or buried penis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
- Constipation
- Cystinuria (inherited kidney stone disorder)
- Daytime wetting (urinary incontinence)
- Duplex kidney
- Duplicated uterus and or vagina
- Ectopic ureter
- Epispadias
- Gonadal dysgenesis
- Hematuria (blood in urine)
- Horseshoe kidney
- Hydrocele
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypospadias
- Hypotonia ataxia and delayed development syndrome (HADDS)
- Inguinal hernia (groin)
- Labial adhesions
- Meatal stenosis
- Megaureter
- Micropenis
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK)
- Nephrolithiasis (kidney and ureteral stones)
- Neurogenic bladder
- Penile lesion
- Penile torsion
- Phimosis
- Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
- Posterior urethral valves (PUV)
- Prune belly syndrome (Eagle-Barrett syndrome)
- Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Retractile testicles
- Spina bifida
- Spinal cord injury
- Testicular torsion
- Tethered spinal cord
- Torsion of the appendix testis and appendix epididymis
- Undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Ureterocele
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)
- Ureterovesical junction obstruction (UVJ)
- Urethral prolapse
- Urethral stricture
- Urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Urinary urgency and/or frequency
- Urogenital sinus
- Varicocele
- Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
- Hypotonia, ataxia and delayed development syndrome (HADDS)
Treatments
- Pediatric buccal mucosa vaginoplasty
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- Pediatric fertility preservation
- Pediatric posterior sagittal anorectal vaginal urethroplasty (PSARVUP)
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic bladder reconstruction
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplant
- Pediatric ureteroscopy
- Pediatric video urodynamic study (VUDS)
Departments and Programs
- Colorectal and Pelvic Center
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Program
- Pediatric Bedwetting and Urinary Incontinence
- Pediatric Bladder - Kidney and Ureteral Stones
- Pediatric Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD)
- Female Genital and Vaginal Reconstruction
- Pediatric Male Genital Reconstruction
- Pediatric Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
- Pediatric Rare Genitourinary Birth Defects and Disorders
- Pediatric Spina Bifida and Neurogenic Bladder Center
- Pediatric Urology
- Prenatal Care for Urological Conditions
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Research Interests
- EBF3 HADD
- Prune Belly Syndrome
- Urinary Microbiome
- Wilms' Tumor
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Publications
- Ureteral stent extraction strings in children: Stratifying the risk of post operative urinary tract infection. Batie SF, Coco CT, Reddy S, Pritzker K, Traylor JM, Tracy JD, Chan YY, Stanasel I, Schlomer BJ, Jacobs MA, Baker LA, Peters CA. J Pediatr Urol. 2023 Oct;19(5):515.e1-515.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.05.017. Epub 2023 Jun 2. PMID: 37321933
- Clinical utility and interrater reliability of video urodynamics in children with isolated fibrolipoma of filum terminale. Batie SF, Coco CT, Braga BP, Chan YY, Stanasel I, Jacobs MA, Baker LA, Peters CA, Schlomer BJ. J Pediatr Urol. 2023 Oct;19(5):524-531. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.05.002. Epub 2023 May 5. PMID: 37211501
- Testicular relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Carolan A, Batie S, Rakheja D, Jacobs M, Peters C, Stanasel I. Urol Case Rep. 2023 May 24;50:102449. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102449. eCollection 2023 Sep. PMID: 37416750
- Urologic manifestations of hypotonia, ataxia, and delayed development syndrome (HADDS), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder. Batie SF, Ashbrook CQ, Coco CT, Baker LA, Stanasel I. J Pediatr Urol. 2023 Dec;19(6):751.e1-751.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.08.023. Epub 2023 Aug 25. PMID: 37718233
- Management of adolescent varicocele. Zundel S, Szavay P, Stanasel I. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2021 Aug;30(4):151084. doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2021.151084. Epub 2021 Jul 14.
- Robotic assisted ureteral reimplantation: current status. Stanasel I, Atala A, Hemal A. Curr Urol Rep. 2013 Feb;14(1):32-6. doi: 10.1007/s11934-012-0298-1.
- Outcomes of endoscopic incision for the treatment of ureterocele in children at a single institution. Sander JC, Bilgutay AN, Stanasel I, Koh CJ, Janzen N, Gonzales ET, Roth DR, Seth A. J Urol. 2015 Feb;193(2):662-6. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.08.095. Epub 2014 Aug 26.
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Professional Activities
- American Urological Association (2008)
- Society for Pediatric Urology (2013)
- Society of Fetal Urology (2013)
- Society of Women in Urology (2008)
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Awards and Honors
- First prize in American Urological Association Resident Quiz Bowl
- Second Prize in Hugh Hampton Young Radiology Contest, Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
- IVUMed Resident Scholar
- First Prize in the 12th Annual North Carolina Resident Debate.