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Dix Phillip Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Locations and Appointments
Pediatric Urology - Westchester
Pediatric Urology
Insurances Accepted
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- AETNA
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- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus
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- United Healthcare
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About Dix Phillip Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dix P. Poppas, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P. is Chief of Pediatric Urology at the Phyllis & David Komansky Center for Children's Health of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is the Richard Rodgers Professor of Pediatric Urology in the James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Poppas has been a tenured professor with Weill Cornell Medicine as of April 2006 and holds joint appointments as Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well. His practice is limited to pediatric urology with special interest in genital reconstruction, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, intersex disorders and minimally invasive procedures for treating vesicoureteral reflux. Dr. Poppas has extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery and pediatric laparoscopy. He was chosen as one of the "Top One Hundred Minimally Invasive Surgeons in New York" and was the only pediatric urologist to be selected.
His practice is limited to pediatric urology with special interest in genital reconstruction, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, surgical aspects of disorders of sexual development and minimally invasive procedures for treating vesicoureteral reflux. Dr. Poppas has extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery and pediatric laparoscopy. He was chosen as one of the "Top One Hundred Minimally Invasive Surgeons in New York" and was the only pediatric urologist to be selected and is listed as one of New York's Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America. He completed his residency in urology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical School (1990-1994) and his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard Medical School (1994-1996) He serves as co-director of the Laboratory for Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery where his efforts are focused on developing advanced laparoscopic and Robotic surgical techniques for tissue reconstruction using novel tissue sealants to replace sutures and staples during surgery, as well as investigating the mechanisms and potential treatments for inhibiting and reversing fibrosis in the obstructed kidney using antibodies and gene therapy strategies. Dr. Poppas is a diplomate of The American Board of Urology, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has been awarded The E. Darracott Vaughan Young Investigator Award by the National Kidney Foundation, The Edwin Beer Award of The New York Academy of Medicine, and was selected as an American Foundation for Urologic Disease/National Kidney Foundation Research Scholar. For more information: Minimal Access Surgery CenterEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
H.S. Diploma 1976
J.R. Tucker High School, Richmond, V.A.
1972-1976
Longwood College, Farmville, VA.
1978-1980
B.S. Biology (Honors) 1982
Minor Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 1980-1982
Paramedic Degree 1984,Medical College of Virginia 1983-1984
M.D. 1988, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA., 1984-1988
Non degree program Health Care Executive Management Program, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2002
Non degree program, Advanced Executive Management Program, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2003
Non degree program The Wharton Executive Management Program for Academic Surgery Leaders. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Certificate of completion 2005
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
Intern in General Surgery
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
Norfolk, VA 7/88 to 6/89
Resident in General Surgery
Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA 7/89 to 6/90
Assistant Urologist (Resident) New York Hospital, New York, NY 7/90 to 6/93
Urologist(Chief Resident)
New York Hospital, New York, NY 7/93 to 6/94
Fellow-in-Pediatric Urology (Surgery)Children#146;s Hospital-Harvard Medical School 7/94 to 6/96
Academic positions (teaching and research)
Visiting Fellow in Urology
Cornell University Medical Center, New York 7/94 to 6/96
Assistant Professor of Urology
Cornell University Medical Center, New York 7/96 to 11/01
The Richard Rodgers Family Assistant Professor of Pediatric Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 1/97 to 11/01
Assistant Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10/97 to 6/04
Assistant Professor of Urology in Pediatrics (Department of Pediatrics)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 4/99 to 11/01
Associate Professor of Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Pediatrics (Department of Pediatrics)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
The Richard Rodgers Family Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 12/01 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 7/04 to present
Associate Professor of Urology in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY 7/04 to present
Hospital Positions
Assistant Attending Urologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital 7/96 to 11/01
Associate Attending Urologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital 12/01 to present
Attending in Surgery
The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens 1/02 to present
Employment (other than positions listed above)
Clinical Consultant Promethean Surgical Devices, LLC, Woburn, MA. 6/00 to present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (medical and scientific societies)
Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society 1988 to present
Member American Urologic Association 1990 to present
Fellow American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery 1989 to 2001
Fellow American College of Surgeons 1998 to present
Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1990 to present
Member The New York Section American Urological Association 1996 to present
Member Society for Pediatric Urology 1996 to present
Member The Hellenic Medical Society of New York 1996 to present
Member Society for Fetal Urology 1997 to present
Member The New York Clinical Society 1998 to present
Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics 1998 to present
Diplomat American Board of Urology 1999 to present
Board Certifications
- Urology
Expertise
Androgen Insensitivity
Balanitis
Balanoposthitis
Bladder Cancer
Bladder Exstrophy
Bladder Mass
Blood in the Urine
Buried Penis
Caliceal Divierticulum
Caliectasis
Chordee
Circumcision (Children > 6 Months)
Circumcision In Newborn
Circumcision Revision
Cloacal Anomaly
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Congenital Anomaly of Bladder
Congenital Anomaly of Kidney
Crooked Penis
Duplex Kidney
Enlarged Clitoris
Epispadias
Erectile Dysfunction
Extra Foreskin
Foreskin Problem
Hematuria
Horseshoe Kidney
Hutch Diverticulum
Hydrocele
Hydronephrosis
Hydroureter
Hypospadias
Imperforate Anus
Imperforate Hymen
Incomplete Circumcision
Inguinal Hernia
Kidney Mass
Kidney Trauma/Injury
Kidney Tumor
Kleinfelter Syndrome
Labial Adhesion
Laparoscopy
Meatal Stenosis
Megaureter
Micropenis
Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis
Mullerian Remnant
Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
Neurogenic Bladder
Ovarian Cyst
Ovotesticular Disorder
Partial Gonadal Dysgenesis
Pelvic Kidney
Pelviectasis
Penile Adhesions
Penile Cyst
Penile Lesion
Penile Rash
Penile Skin Bridge
Penile Torsion
Penile Trauma/Injury
Penis Problem
Penoscrotal Webbing
Phimosis
Posterior Urethral Valves
Posthitis
Prostatic Utricle
Prune Belly Syndrome
Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis
Reconstructive Surgery
Renal Cysts
Retractile Testicle
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Scrotal Mass
Scrotal Pain
Scrotal Trauma/Injury
Smegma
Solitary Kidney
Testicle Mass
Testicle Pain
Testicle Problem
Testicle Torsion
Testicle Trauma/Injury
Turner Syndrome
Twisted Penis
Umbilical Hernia
Undescended Testicle
Urachus
Ureteral Stones
Ureterocele
Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) Obstruction
Urethral Stricture
Urinary Reflux
Urine Spraying
Urogenital Sinus
UTI With Fever >101
Vaginal Bulge
Vaginal Mass
Varicocele
Vesicoureteral Reflux
Webbed Penis
Wilms Tumor
Education
Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Internship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
Attending Urologist
Professor of Urology
Professor of Urology in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Urology in Pediatrics
Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Rodgers Family Foundation Professor of Pediatric Urology
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
- Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
- Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
- Internship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA
Awards & Honors
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease Summer Student Research Scholar 1985
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease/National Kidney Foundation Scholar, 1994-1995
- Best Basic Science Research Paper, Society for University Urology Residents, Lake Tahoe, CA, April 1994
- Best Paper, The Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1992
- Eastern Virginia Medical School Summer Student Research Scholar 1985 and 1986
- First place award for Basic Science Research in Pediatric Urology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Urology, Washington, DC, October 1993
- First place for best research as a surgery resident, presented at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Resident Research Essay Contest, December 1990
- Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007
- Second place award for Basic Science Research Essay, The New England Section, American Urologic Association, Newport, RI, September 1995
- Second place award for Best Oral Presentation by a Medical Student, presented at the Eastern Student Research Forum, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1987
- Selected, #147;Top 100 Minimally Invasive Surgeons" in New York (only pediatric urologist to be listed), New York Magazine, 2002 -2003
- The E. Darracott Vaughan Young Investigator Award, National Kidney Foundation of New York and New Jersey, 2001-2002
- The Edwin Beer Award of The New York Academy of Medicine, 2001-2003
- The New York Academy of Medicine/Ferdinand C. Valentine Research Fellowship Scholar, 1994-1995
- Third place Mead-Johnson Award for Overall Excellence in Research, presented at the National Student Research Forum, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1987
- Von L. Meyer Fellowship Award, Children's Hospital #150; Harvard Medical School, 1994-1995
- Voted one of America#146;s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly Guide, 2002 -2003
- Voted one of America#146;s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area,Castle Connolly Guide, 2003-2004
- Voted one of Castle Connelly's Top Doctors in New York, 2007
- Voted one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors, 2008, 2011, 2014
- Voted one of New York Super Doctors, 2017
Titles & Positions
- Attending Urologist
- Professor of Urology
- Professor of Urology in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professor of Urology in Pediatrics
- Professor of Urology in Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
- Rodgers Family Foundation Professor of Pediatric Urology
Board Certifications
- Urology
Languages Spoken
- English