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William Kennedy, MD

William A. Kennedy, II, MD, is a board-certified pediatric urologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

William A. Kennedy, II, MD, is a board-certified pediatric urologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. He is also Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Kennedy earned his AB and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, and obtained his MD at Columbia University. He completed his surgery and urology residency training at Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia, along with a pediatric urology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Additionally, in 2010-11, he was a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Kennedy began his faculty career at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in 1997. At Packard, Kennedy is currently a member of the OR, Ethics and Continuing Medical Education Committees and part of the management committee for the Pediatric & Obstetrical Faculty Practice Organization. He has recently been appointed Associate Chief Medical Officer of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Dr. Kennedy also serves as the first Chair of the Board of Directors of the Packard Children’s Health Alliance, the hospital’s new medical foundation.

Dr. Kennedy has published 31 peer-reviewed articles, 14 book chapters, and is a manuscript review consultant for the Journal of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Urology, and Urology. He is a nationally known lecturer, a member and policy leader for many medical associations, and has been honored by organizations for his teaching, research, and clinical accomplishments.

Among his many awards include Service Excellence at Packard Children’s; Patient Choice Award, MDx Medical, Inc, 2008-2012; Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors Inc, 2007-2012; Compassionate Doctor Recognition, Vitals.Com, 2010-2012; Top Urologist, Guide to America's Top Urologists, 2009-2012; and various appreciations from patient support groups nationally and internationally. Additionally, Kennedy is in the final stages of co-authoring a new book, “A Parent's Guide to Hypospadias.”

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