Ezekiel Young MD, MA
Ezekiel Young
MD, MA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Pediatric Urology; Urology
Professional Summary:
Dr. Ezekiel Young is a pediatric urologist in Buffalo, NY and is the director of Urology at John R. Oishei Children's Hospital. He is a member of the faculty of the Department of Urology at the University at Buffalo. He received his medical degree from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, did his urology residency at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and his pediatric urology fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. He is certified by the American Board of Urology and has also received his pediatric urology subspecialty board certification. He has been in practice since 2015. He speaks both English and Spanish. He treats children with a full range of urologic conditions and has particular interest and expertise in minimally invasive surgery, and pediatric urologic oncology. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed medical articles, written several chapters for medical texts and presented at numerous national and international conferences. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Urology, the Journal of Pediatric Urology, the Journal of Pediatric Surgery and is an associate editor for pediatric urology for the journals Frontiers in Pediatrics and Frontiers in Surgery.
Education and Training:
- Fellowship, Pediatric Urology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2015)
- Residency, Urology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (2013)
- Internship, General Surgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (2009)
- MD, Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2008)
- Certificate, Postbaccalaureate Pre-Medical Program, Columbia University (2004)
- MA, Art Therapy, New York University (2002)
- BA, Psychology, Cornell University (1999)
Employment:
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Urology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2020-present)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Urology, Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine (2015–2019)
Journal Articles:
- Sholklapper T, Crigger C, Morrill C, Harris TGW, Haney N, Lue K, Young EE, Gearhart JP. (2023) Application of Tunica Vaginalis Flap for Epispadias Repair in the Epispadias-Exstrophy Complex. Urology (Jan)(171): 190-195. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2022.10.015
- Maloney TJ, Loeb C, Waisanen K, Shah R, Weiss-Laxer N, Young EE. (2022) Circumcision Status Regret and Satisfaction: Findings of a United States National Survey. Sexuality Research and Social Policy (May), 20(2023): 793-798. doi:10.1007/s13178-022-00727-6
- Pettit S, Young E, Jung I. (2022) Systematic review of telemedicine in pediatric urology. Journal of Pediatric Urology (Feb), 1(18): 17-22. doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.09.024
- Zaman MH, Young EE, Maruf M, Hesh CA, Harris KT, Manyevitch R, Davis R, Wu WJ, Hall SA, DiCarlo H, Gearhart J, Young E. (2020) Practice patterns in classic bladder exstrophy: A global perspective. J Pediatr Urol (Aug), 16(4): 425-432.
- Young EE, Friedlander D, Lue K, Anele UA, Khurgin JL, Bivalacqua TJ, Burnett AL, Redett RJ, Gearhart JP. (2017) Sexual Function and Quality of Life Before and After Penile Prosthesis Implantation Following Radial Forearm Flap Phalloplasty. Urology (Jun), 104: 204-208.
- Baumgartner TS, Lue KM, Sirisreetreerux P, Metzger S, Everett RG, Reddy SS, Young E, Anele UA, Alexander CE, Gandhi NM, Di Carlo HN, Gearhart JP. (2017) Long-term sexual health outcomes in men with classic bladder exstrophy. BJU Int (Jan), 120(3): 422-427.
- Hesh CA, Young E, Intihar P, Gearhart JP. (2016) The cost of failure: The economic impact of failed primary closure in classic bladder exstrophy. J Pediatr Surg (Aug), 51(8): 1312-1316.
- Young EE, Gandhi N, Stuhldreher P, Bishop JA, Wang MH, Young E. (2016) Profound Hematuria in a Toddler Yields an Unusual Diagnosis. Urol Case Rep (May), 6: 39-41.
- Goldstein SD, Inouye BM, Reddy S, Lue K, Young EE, Abdelwahab M, Grewal M, Wildonger S, Stec AA, Gearhart JP. (2016) Continence in the cloacal exstrophy patient: What does it cost?. Journal of pediatric surgery (Apr), 51(4): 622-5.
- Inouye BM, Lue K, Abdelwahab M, Di Carlo HN, Young EE, Tourchi A, Grewal M, Hesh C, Sponseller PD, Gearhart JP. (2016) Newborn exstrophy closure without osteotomy: Is there a role?. Journal of pediatric urology (Feb), 12(1): 51.e1-4.
- Young EE, Brown CT, Merguerian PA, Akhavan A, Young E. (2016) Pediatric and adolescent renal cell carcinoma. Urol Oncol (Jan), 34(1): 42-49.
- Lue K, Gandhi NM, Young E, Reddy SS, Carl A, Gearhart JP. (2015) The Tunica Vaginalis Flap as an Adjunct to Epispadias Repair: A Preliminary Report. Urology (Nov), 86(5): 1027-1031.
- Inouye BM, Di Carlo HN, Young EE, Tourchi A, Gearhart JP. (2015) Secondary reclosure in classic bladder exstrophy: challenges and outcomes. Urology (May), 85(5): 1179-1182.
- Tourchi A, Di Carlo HN, Inouye BM, Young E, Gupta A, Abdelwahab M, Gearhart JP. (2015) Ureteral reimplantation before bladder neck reconstruction in modern staged repair of exstrophy patients: indications and outcomes. Urology (Apr), 85(4): 905-908.
- Inouye BM, Tourchi A, Di Carlo HN, Young EE, Mhlanga J, Ko JS, Sponseller PD, Gearhart JP. (2014) Safety and efficacy of staged pelvic osteotomies in the modern treatment of cloacal exstrophy. Journal of pediatric urology (Dec), 10(6): 1244-8.
- Tourchi A, Inouye BM, Di Carlo HN, Young E, Ko J, Gearhart JP. (2014) New advances in the pathophysiologic and radiologic basis of the exstrophy spectrum. J Pediatr Urol (Apr), 10(2): 212-218.
- Inouye BM, Tourchi A, Di Carlo HN, Young EE, Gearhart JP. (2014) Modern management of the exstrophy-epispadias complex. Surgery research and practice (Jan), 2014: 587064. doi:10.1155/2014/587064
- Ransford G, Young E, Castellan M, Labbie A. (2013) Renal pelvis rupture in a kidney with ureteropelvic junction obstruction and extrarenal calyces. J Pediatr Urol (Jun), 9(3): 127-130.
- Yates TJ, Knapp J, Gosalbez M, Lokeshwar SD, Gomez CS, Benitez A, Ekwenna OO, Young EE, Manoharan M, Lokeshwar VB, Young E. (2013) C-X-C chemokine receptor 7: a functionally associated molecular marker for bladder cancer. Cancer (Jan), 119(1): 61-71.
- Ayyathurai R, Kanagarajah P, Shields J, Young E, Alvarez A, Bird VG. (2012) Single-center clinical comparison of two reinforced ureteral access sheaths for retrograde ureteroscopic treatment of urinary lithiasis. Int Urol Nephrol (Apr), 44(2): 409-414.
- Young EE, Castle SM, Gorbatiy V, Leveillee RJ, Young E. (2012) Comparison of safety, renal function outcomes and efficacy of laparoscopic and percutaneous radio frequency ablation of renal masses. J Urol (Apr), 187(4): 1177-1182.
- Gahan JC, Gosalbez M, Yates T, Young EE, Escudero DO, Chi A, Garcia-Roig M, Satyanarayana R, Soloway MS, Bird VG, Lokeshwar VB, Young E. (2012) Chemokine and chemokine receptor expression in kidney tumors: molecular profiling of histological subtypes and association with metastasis. J Urol (Mar), 187(3): 827-833.
- Castle SM, Gorbatiy V, Ekwenna O, Young E, Leveillee RJ. (2012) Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) therapy for renal angiomyolipoma (AML): an alternative to angio-embolization and nephron-sparing surgery. BJU Int (Feb), 109(3): 384-387.
- Young EE, Nguyen BT, Weiss-Laxer NS, Sigman M, Nolan P, Young E. (2010) Factors associated with family planning and vasectomy discussions: results from a health provider survey. Med Health R I (Feb), 93(2): 48-50.
- Harty MW, Papa EF, Huddleston HM, Young E, Nazareth S, Riley CA, Ramm GA, Gregory SH, Tracy TF. (2008) Hepatic macrophages promote the neutrophil-dependent resolution of fibrosis in repairing cholestatic rat livers. Surgery (May), 143(5): 667-678.
- Everett RG, Lue KM, Reddy SS, Friedlander DA, Alexander CE, Young EE, Abdelwahab M, Gandhi NM, Wright EJ, Gearhart JP. (1900) Patient-Reported Impact of Pelvic Organ Prolapse on Continence and Sexual Function in Women With Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery (Jan), 23(6): 377-381.