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 Douglas
G. Stein, M.D. is a urological surgeon who has been practicing urology
in Tampa, Florida since 1983. Raised in Massachusetts, he graduated summa cum laude from Tufts College of Liberal
Arts with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and biology in 1974, and
received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons in New York City in 1978. In 1983, he completed a
5-year urology residency (2 years general surgery, 3 years urology) at the University
of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals, whereupon he went into the private
practice of urology in Tampa. He has been certified by the American Board of
Urology since 1985, successfully completing the mandatory every-ten-year re-certification
process in 1992 and 2003. His primary hospital affiliation has been with University
Community Hospital in Tampa, where he was Chief of the Division of Surgical Subspecialties for 5
years. Within a broad practice of urological surgery, Dr. Stein has been performing
vasectomies since 1983 and vasectomy reversals since 1984. He has been on the
clinical faculty of the University of South Florida College of Medicine
and is currently Courtesy Associate Professor of
Urology at the University of Florida Health Science Center in
Gainesville. At his Tampa office, he provides
hands-on training for physicians
(urologists, general surgeons, and family doctors) who wish to learn
no-needle no-scalpel vasectomy and offer it in their own practices. He
is the contracted vasectomy services provider for 31 of
Florida's 67 County Health
Departments. In 1989, Dr. Stein became one of the first
urologists to perform vasectomy reversals in the office environment
without compromising success rates, thereby eliminating facility and
anesthesia fees and making vasectomy reversal affordable for couples for
whom it may not have been an option. Since he established 
in 1998, men have come from all over the United States (including
Alaska) and from several foreign countries to his Tampa office for
successful vasectomy reversals at fees which were less than those
available in their home towns and cities.
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On June 24, 2003, at the 31st National Conference of the National
Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (www.nfprha.org)
in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stein received the Outstanding Clinician Award
for his work to educate men and their partners about the no-scalpel
vasectomy procedure and to promote and improve its accessibility and
affordability.
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In
April, 2005, Dr. Stein traveled to Barcelona, Spain where he
and Spanish colleagues
Jose Viladoms, MD and Isidre Bonet, MD
performed the first no-needle vasectomies ever performed in
Europe on April 11. Dr. Viladoms then presented what he had
learned to the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Andrology Society in La
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On May 10,
2005, Dr. Stein was guest speaker at the Annual Meeting
of the No-Scalpel Vasectomy Surgeons of India
(NSVSI) in Gangtok,
Sikkim, a small state of India located between Nepal and Bhutan in
the foothills of the Himalayan mountains. His presentations were:
1. History and Technique of No-Needle No-Scalpel Vasectomy.
2. Promotion of Vasectomy Services, and ...
3. Office-Based Mini-Incision Vasovasostomy (Vasectomy Reversal) |
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In February, 2007, Dr. Stein
returned to India, this time to the city of Amritsar in the
northwest state of Punjab for the 2007 Annual Meeting of NNVSI.
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| Drs. Michel
Labrecque (Canada), Doug Stein (USA), and Marc Armbruster (Germany)
share ideas in India. |
Dr. Stein
explains use of the MadaJet for no-needle anesthesia to Indian
colleagues in Amritsar. |
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On April
28, 2008, the St. Petersburg Times featured an article about the vasectomy
program at the Hernando County Health Department. See it
here.
On June 7, 2009, Dr. Stein was
profiled in the St. Petersburg Times. See the article
here.
The December 2009 issue of
Florida Medical Business featured Dr. Stein in its cover story. See
the article
here and forward to page 8. |
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In February, 2010, Dr. Stein joined
No Scalpel Vasectomy International, Inc. on his first
vasectomy mission to the Philippines. |
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As of May, 2010, Dr. Stein had performed
over 22,000
vasectomies and
1370 reversals. Personal interests include photography, personal
fitness, and natural history. He and his wife Maryann have a son, born in 1982, and a
daughter, born in 1987. Maryann is a
blueberry farmer on her 80 acres in Brooksville, Florida. For the past few years, summer fun
has included climbing one or more of Colorado's 54 mountains whose summits
are over 14,000 feet ("14ers ") with his
daughter Alison, his cousin Steve, and Steve's son's Stefan and William. On August 4,
2004, Dr. Stein and his daughter climbed
Mt.
Elbert in Colorado, and on June 20, 2005, they
climbed Mt. Massive with
cousin Steve and his 2 sons.
On June 22, 2005, Dr. Stein achieved his third
14er,
Mt. Sherman, with the guys,
while his daughter nursed a sore Achilles tendon. In 2006, he added to his
list of Colorado 14ers Quandary Peak,
Mount Democrat, and
Long's Peak. In August 2007,
Gray's Peak,
and Quandary Peak for a second time.
Plans were made in 2008 to go for the tough one, Mt. Rainier in
Washington, in 2009. As part of the preparation,
Mt. Victoria and Buffalo Mountain
in Colorado provided exercise at altitude before the ascent of
Rainier. |
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For referrals from patients who have experienced Dr. Stein and his
staff first-hand, please see the Testimonials
Page here in . |
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