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Richard Santucci

Richard Santucci

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Crane Center, Austin, TX
▶ Videos (1)
Mentored by · fellowship 2000
Jack W. McAninch
Trainees (2)
🇺🇸 Jonathan Warner · 2014🇺🇸 Joseph J. Pariser · 2018

Training and career​

  • Current position Senior surgeon, Crane Center for Transgender Surgery1
  • Positions Director, Center for Urologic Reconstruction; clinical professor, Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine, before joining the Crane Center2
  • Medical school Baylor College of Medicine3
  • Residency Urology, University of Washington Medical Center3
  • Fellowship Urologic trauma and reconstruction, University of California, San Francisco, with Jack McAninch (1999–2000)13

Key Publications​

Santucci's cited work includes operative management and classification of adult-acquired buried penis, including escutcheonectomy and skin-graft repair. Other cited papers address anterior urethral stricture management and graft urethroplasty.P5P6P4P7P8

  1. Santucci RA, Joyce GF, Wise M. "Male Urethral Stricture Disease." Journal of Urology. 2007;177(5):1667–1674. doi

    Burden of male urethral stricture disease (2007). Led an analysis of US datasets estimating the prevalence, costs, and clinical burden of male urethral stricture disease.

    Cited on: Drug-Coated Balloon Therapy
  2. Santucci R, Eisenberg L. "Urethrotomy Has a Much Lower Success Rate Than Previously Reported." Journal of Urology. 2010;183(5):1859–1862. doi

    Internal urethrotomy durability study (2010). Reported low stricture-free rates after initial and repeated direct-vision internal urethrotomy in a retrospective series.

    Cited on: DVIU and Urethral Dilation
  3. Wessells H, Angermeier KW, Elliott S, et al. "Male Urethral Stricture: American Urological Association Guideline." Journal of Urology. 2017;197(1):182–190. doi

    AUA male urethral stricture guideline (2017). Cochaired the AUA panel that produced recommendations for evaluating and treating male urethral stricture.

  4. Pariser JJ, Soto-Aviles OE, Miller B, et al. "A Simplified Adult Acquired Buried Penis Repair Classification System With an Analysis of Perioperative Complications and Urethral Stricture Disease." Urology. 2018;120:248–252. doi

    Pariser–Santucci buried penis repair classification (2018). Senior-authored a five-category classification of adult acquired buried penis repairs based on surgical complexity.

    Cited on: Ventral Slit Scrotal Flap (VSSF — Westerman / Tausch) · Buried Penis · Buried Penis Repair
  5. Tang SH, Kamat D, Santucci RA. "Modern management of adult-acquired buried penis." Urology. 2008;72(1):124–127. doi
    Cited on: Buried Penis · Buried Penis Repair · Escutcheonectomy
  6. Jun MS, Gallegos MA, Santucci RA. Contemporary management of adult-acquired buried penis. BJU Int. 2018;122(4):713–715. doi
    Cited on: Penile Primary Closure ± Z-Plasty · Penile Skin Grafting · Suprapubic Lipectomy / Liposuction
  7. Gallegos MA, Santucci RA. "Advances in urethral stricture management." F1000Research. 2016;5:2913. doi
    Cited on: Antimitotics and Antifibrotics · Excision and Primary Anastomosis (EPA)
  8. Chen ML, Odom BD, Johnson LJ, Santucci RA. Combining ventral buccal mucosal graft onlay and dorsal full thickness skin graft inlay decreases failure rates in long bulbar strictures (≥ 6 cm). Urology. 2013;81(4):899–902. doi
    Cited on: Full-Thickness Skin Graft (FTSG) · Palminteri Double-Face (Two-Sided) BMG Urethroplasty

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

13 additional publications with Richard Santucci 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. Santucci RA, Park CH, Mayo ME, Lange PH. Continence and Urodynamic Parameters of Continent Urinary Reservoirs: Comparison of Gastric, Ileal, Ileocolic, Right Colon, and Sigmoid Segments. Urology. 1999;54(2):252-257. doi
    Cited on: Bowel Segments (GI Tissue) · Mainz Pouch I · Right Colon Pouch
  2. Jun MS, Odeluga N, Santucci RA. Neovagina fistulas. In: Sotelo R, Polotti CF, Arriaga J, eds. Urinary Fistula. Springer; 2022:309–321. doi
    Cited on: Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Rectoneovaginal Fistula (RNVF) Repair
  3. Briles B, Crane C, Santucci R. "Long-term fate of testis prosthesis after metoidioplasty and phalloplasty." Urology. 2025;197:190–192. doi
    Cited on: Testicular Implants — Gender-Affirming (Transmasculine Neoscrotal Augmentation)
  4. Drinane JJ, Santucci RA. Surgical anatomy: vaginoplasty. In: Nikolavsky D, Blakely SA, eds. Urological Care for the Transgender Patient: A Comprehensive Guide. Springer; 2021:61–82.
    Cited on: Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV)
  5. Santucci RA, Chen ML. The Buried Penis in Adults. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:615-623. doi
    Cited on: Buried Penis Repair
  6. Zimmerman WB, Santucci RA. A simplified and unified approach to anterior urethroplasty. Nat Rev Urol. 2010;7(7):386-391. doi
    Cited on: Johanson Two-Stage Urethroplasty
  7. Zimmerman WB, Santucci RA. "Ileovesicostomy Update: Changes for the 21st Century." Adv Urol. 2009;2009:801038. doi
    Cited on: Ileovesicostomy
  8. John TT, Aggarwal N, Singla AK, Santucci RA. Intense Inflammatory Reaction With Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa Pubovaginal Sling or Tape for Stress Urinary Incontinence. Urology. 2008;72(5):1036-1039. doi
    Cited on: Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS)
  9. Santucci RA, Payne CK, Anger JT, Saigal CS. "Office dilation of the female urethra: a quality of care problem in the field of urology." J Urol. 2008;180(5):2068–75. doi
    Cited on: Dittel Sound
  10. John T, Bandi G, Santucci R. Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa Is Not an Ideal Graft Material for Peyronie's Disease Surgery. The Journal of Urology. 2006;176(3):1025-1028. doi
    Cited on: Porcine Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS)
  11. Mouraviev VB, Santucci RA. "Cadaveric anatomy of pelvic fracture urethral distraction injury: most injuries are distal to the external urinary sphincter." J Urol. 2005;173(3):869-872. doi
    Cited on: Pelvic Fracture Urethral Injury (PFUI)
  12. Santucci RA, Wessells H, Bartsch G, et al. Evaluation and management of renal injuries: Consensus statement of the renal trauma subcommittee. BJU Int. 2004;93(7):937–954. doi
    Cited on: Genitourinary Trauma Assessment

Footnotes​

  1. Where Are Our Fellows Now?. UCSF Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. Dr. Richard Santucci. Experienced Gender Surgeon in Austin, Texas. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. Transactions_2013_July_to_December.pdf. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3