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Jack W. McAninch

Jack W. McAninch

🇺🇸 United States
Role
Founder, McAninch School (UCSF)
Trainees (13)
🇺🇸 Allen F. Morey · 1997🇺🇸 Hunter Wessells · 1995🇺🇸 Jeremy B. Myers · 2009🇺🇸 Benjamin N. Breyer · 2011🇺🇸 Sean P. Elliott · 2006🇺🇸 Jill C. Buckley · 2007🇺🇸 Michael J. Metro · 2002🇺🇸 Steve Brandes · 1999🇺🇸 Bryan B. Voelzke · 2008🇺🇸 Bradley A. Erickson · 2010🇨🇱 Reynaldo G. Gomez · 1991🇺🇸 Richard Santucci · 2000🇺🇸 Nejd F. Alsikafi · 2003

Training and career​

  • Current position Professor emeritus of urology, UCSF1
  • Medical school University of Texas Medical Branch, 19641
  • Residency General surgery and urology, Letterman Army Hospital1
  • Positions Chief of Urology, San Francisco General Hospital; vice chair, UCSF Department of Urology1
  • Leadership President, American Urological Association and American Board of Urology; regent, American College of Surgeons1
  • Honors AUA Ramon Guiteras Award, 2009; American College of Surgeons Distinguished Service Award, 20122

Biography​

Before medicine, Jack McAninch had expected to study animal husbandry; his interest in basic science led him from a West Texas ranch to medical school.2 He came to urology when genitourinary trauma and reconstruction had few dedicated training programs.2 During residency at Letterman Army Hospital, he encountered the complex pelvic wounds of servicemen returning from Vietnam.2

At San Francisco General Hospital, McAninch built a clinical record of trauma cases and later a reconstruction database.2 By 2014 the trauma database contained 4,000 cases, and the reconstruction database begun in the 1980s remained a research tool.2 He taught residents and fellows how to make decisions when the injury found at surgery differed from what they had expected.2

From 1989 onward he trained a fellow each year in male genitourinary trauma and reconstruction, and former fellows went on to lead programs in other cities.2 At a 2014 gathering of those fellows, 23 of the 25 he had trained returned to San Francisco.2 At that time he continued to work at the county hospital after retirement, advising trainees and conducting outcomes research.2

Key Publications​

His UCSF team studied sonourethrography and magnetic resonance imaging for urethral injury and stricture evaluation.1 He created a genitourinary trauma database at San Francisco General Hospital in 1977.2 His textbook was titled Traumatic and Reconstructive Urology.1

  1. McAninch JW, Laing FC, Jeffrey RB. "Sonourethrography in the Evaluation of Urethral Strictures: A Preliminary Report." Journal of Urology. 1988;139(2):294–297. doi

    Sonourethrography for urethral stricture evaluation (1988). Co-developed ultrasound imaging of urethral strictures to assess their extent before reconstruction.

    Cited on: Ultrasound in Reconstructive Urology
  2. Mcaninch JW. "Reconstruction of Extensive Urethral Strictures: Circular Fasciocutaneous Penile Flap." Journal of Urology. 1993;149(3):488–491. doi

    Circular fasciocutaneous penile flap for urethral reconstruction (1993). Described a circular penile skin flap for single-stage reconstruction of extensive urethral strictures.

    Cited on: Orandi Flap (Longitudinal Ventral Penile Skin Flap) · Pedicled Penile / Preputial Skin Flap · McAninch Transverse Circular Penile Fasciocutaneous Flap

Recognition​

UCSF reported his retirement from the San Francisco General chief position in July 2013 after 36 years.2

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

43 additional publications with Jack W. McAninch as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Alwaal A, McAninch JW, Harris CR, Breyer BN. Utilities of split-thickness skin grafting for male genital reconstruction. Urology. 2015;86(4):835–9. doi
    Cited on: Split-Thickness Skin Graft (STSG) · Giant Penoscrotal Lymphedema (Genital Elephantiasis) · Bipedicled Anterior Scrotal Flap (Fakin Technique)
  2. McAninch JW, Morey AF. Penile circular fasciocutaneous skin flap in 1-stage reconstruction of complex anterior urethral strictures. J Urol. 1998;159(4):1209–13. doi
    Cited on: Flaps in Genitourinary Reconstruction · Pedicled Penile / Preputial Skin Flap · McAninch Transverse Circular Penile Fasciocutaneous Flap
  3. Harris CR, McAninch JW, Mundy AR, et al. Rectourethral Fistulas Secondary to Prostate Cancer Treatment: Management and Outcomes from a Multi-Institutional Combined Experience. J Urol. 2017;197(1):191-194. doi
    Cited on: Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Rectourethral Fistula · Male Fistula Repair
  4. Myers JB, Porten SP, McAninch JW. The outcomes of perineal urethrostomy with preservation of the dorsal urethral plate and urethral blood supply. Urology. 2011;77(5):1223-1227. doi
    Cited on: Augmented Perineal Urethrostomy · Blandy Perineal Urethrostomy · Midline Perineal Urethrostomy
  5. Whitson JM, McAninch JW, Elliott SP, Alsikafi NF. "Long-term efficacy of distal penile circular fasciocutaneous flaps for single stage reconstruction of complex anterior urethral stricture disease." J Urol. 2008;179(6):2259–2264. doi
    Cited on: Pedicled Penile / Preputial Skin Flap · McAninch Transverse Circular Penile Fasciocutaneous Flap · Orandi Flap (Longitudinal Ventral Penile Skin Flap)
  6. Wessells H, Lue TF, McAninch JW. Complications of penile lengthening and augmentation seen at one referral center. J Urol. 1996;155(5):1617–1620. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Dermal Fat Grafts & AlloDerm (ADM) Wraps — Surgical Graft-Based Penile Girth Augmentation · Male Cosmetic Genital Surgery
  7. Voelzke BB, McAninch JW, Breyer BN, Glass AS, Garcia-Aguilar J. "Transperineal management for postoperative and radiation rectourethral fistulas." J Urol. 2013;189(3):966–971. doi
    Cited on: Bowel Anatomy · Rectourethral Fistula · Transperineal Approach to Rectourethral Fistula
  8. Cinman NM, McAninch JW, Glass AS, Zaid UB, Breyer BN. "Acquired male urethral diverticula: presentation, diagnosis and management." The Journal of Urology. 2012;188(4):1204-1208. doi
    Cited on: Urethral Diverticulum · Urethral Diverticulectomy · Pedicled Preputial Tube Urethroplasty
  9. Erickson BA, Breyer BN, McAninch JW. Single-stage segmental urethral replacement using combined ventral onlay fasciocutaneous flap with dorsal onlay buccal grafting for long-segment strictures. BJU Int. 2012;109(9):1392-1396. doi
    Cited on: Combined Dorsal BMG + Ventral Fasciocutaneous Flap (Erickson) · Pedicled Preputial Tube Urethroplasty · Quartey Flap (Transverse Preputial / Distal Penile Cutaneous Island Flap)
  10. Myers JB, McAninch JW, Erickson BA, Breyer BN. "Treatment of adults with complications from previous hypospadias surgery." J Urol. 2012;188(2):459–463. doi
    Cited on: Urethrocutaneous Fistula · Redo Hypospadias Repair in Adolescents and Adults · Hypospadias & Epispadias
  11. Carney KJ, McAninch JW. Penile circular fasciocutaneous flaps to reconstruct complex anterior urethral strictures. Urol Clin North Am. 2002;29:397–409. doi
    Cited on: Pedicled Penile / Preputial Skin Flap · McAninch Transverse Circular Penile Fasciocutaneous Flap · Pedicled Preputial Tube Urethroplasty
  12. Anema JG, Morey AF, McAninch JW, et al. Complications related to the high lithotomy position during urethral reconstruction. J Urol. 2000;164(2):360-3. doi
    Cited on: Positioning & Nerve Injury · Q-Flap (Morey / Tran / Zinman) · Singapore Flap Urethroplasty

Footnotes​

  1. Jack W. McAninch, MD, FACS | UCSF Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  2. Celebrating Jack McAninch | UCSF Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12