About me

Stephen A. Zderic, MD, is an attending pediatric urologist in the Division of Urology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he holds the John W. Duckett Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Urology. He also serves as a professor of urology in surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zderic earned his medical degree from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his urological residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1989, he became the first two-year fellow in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Urology under the mentorship of Dr. John Duckett and Dr. Howard Snyder. Dr. Zderic stayed on in the Division of Urology at CHOP and is the Director of Basic Science Research within the Division. He has been funded as a principle investigator multiple times by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for both basic and clinical sciences. He was named the recipient of the inaugural John W. Duckett Award for Research Excellence by the American Urologic Association in 2010. In 2020, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the American Urological Association.