EDUCATION

B.A. Psychology 1991
Magna Cum Laude
Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts

M.D. 1997
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

M.P.H.  Genetics, 2006
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Postgraduate Training:

Fellowship in Pediatric Urology, 2003 to 2005
Seattle Children’s and Regional Medical Center
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Internship and Residency in General Surgery, 1997 to 1999
University of Connecticut
Farmington, Connecticut

Residency: Urology, 1999 to 2003
University of Connecticut
Farmington, Connecticut

FACULTY POSITIONS

2006-present: Assistant Clinical Professor, non-salaried
Department of Pediatrics and Surgery
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

2004-2005: Clinical Instructor
Department of Urology
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

HOSPITAL POSITIONS

2006-Present: Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Pediatric Urologist, ABU Certified with added qualifications in Pediatric Urology
CSSD, Division of Urology
San Diego, CA

2004-2006: University of Washington
Research Assistant
Department of Medical Ethics and History
Seattle, Washington

2004-2005 Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology
Seattle, Washington

2004-2005: University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Urology
Seattle, Washington

HONORS AND AWARDS

Attending (2007-current)
NIH Supplement Award

Residency:
AAP, Clinical Research Prize 2nd Place, Chicago, IL Oct 2000
AMA Foundation Leadership Award Washington, DC March 2001
Pfizer Scholars in Urology, Farmington, CT June 2001
Ludwig Pyrtek Research Award Magna Cum Laude, Hartford, CT June 2001
Cum Laude Prize, National Medical Association, Nashville, TN August 2001
Chancellors Award, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT May 2002
PAW Service Award, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT May 2003

Medical School:
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Summer Fellowship Award (1993)
National Institute of Health (NIH) Fellowship (Grant # DK45720) (1995-1996)
International Fellowship Awards: Dominican Republic (1993); Israel (1997)
AMSA Fellowship Award: Columbia, SA (1997)

Undergraduate:
Magna Cum Laude Psychology Honors Thesis, May, 1991
Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society May, 1991
Women’s Rugby (Most Valuable Player) May, 1991

CERTIFICATION

• Board Certified: American Board of Urology, February, 2007
• Pediatric Urology, American Board of Urology, Certification of Added Qualification (CAQ), May, 2008

LICENSURE

• Medical License: State of California
• Medical License: State of Washington
• DEA

MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Since 2006  National Medical Association (NMA)
• Since 2006  American Medical Association (AMA)
• Since 2006  San Diego Urologic Society (SDUS)
• Since 2006  American Academy Pediatric Urologist (AAPU)
• Since 2005  Urology Section, (AAP)
• Since 2003   Western Section AUA (WSAUA)
• Since 1997  American Urologic Association (AUA)

Certificates of Training/Education:

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, small animal surgery, UCSD 2008
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), UCSD, 2006
• Jackson Laboratory Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, Bar Harbor, 2006
• AUA Annual Review Course, 2006
• PALS, 2006
• Laparoscopic Ablative Renal Surgery Mini-Residency, UCI, 2006
• Human Research Training, NIH, 2005
• HIPAA training, 2005
• Urodynamics, 2004
• Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, 2003
• Holmium Laser, 2003
• Flexible Ureteroscopy, 2003
• Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL), 2003

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Center for Genomics and Healthcare Equality, Seattle WA (academic year 04-06)
 - Research Assistant

Escuela Campo Alegre, Caracas, Venezuela (academic year 1991-1992)
 - Teacher (Algebra and Computers); Coach

Harvard Health Profession Program, Cambridge MA (summer 1990)
 - Intern: assisted in patient management in a primary care setting

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• 2006-now    Rady Children’s Hospital, UTI Committee member
• 2006-now    Sharp Rees Steely, Bioethics Committee
• 2006-now    Reviewer, Community Genetics
• 2006-now    Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Dermatology
• 2006-2007    Alumni Reunion Committee, Amherst College
• 2000-2003    Diversity Advisory Committee, Farmington, CT
  Resident Advisor, University of Connecticut Health Center
• 1996-2003   Amherst College ’91 Class, Amherst, MA
  Nominations Committee Chairperson
• 1998-2003    Hartford Wild Roses, Women’s Rugby, Hartford, CT
  Wing/Fullback
• 1999-2003    American Cancer Society, Hartford, CT
  Speaker to Community Audiences re: Urologic Malignancies
• 1993-1997    International Medicine Group, University of Rochester
  Founder and President
• 1992-1994    Crossroads, University of Rochester   
  Curriculum Development & Re-accreditation Committee Representative
• 1990-1991    Black Students Union, Amherst College
  Chair
• 1989-1991    Points of View Magazine, Amherst College
  Founder and Co-editor

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Pediatric Voiding Problems, Marvalyn DeCambre, National Medical Association, Dallas, TX August 2006
• UTI and Reflux, Marvalyn DeCambre, National Medical Association, San Diego, CA August 2005
• The Acute Scrotum, Marvalyn DeCambre, National Medical Association, San Diego, CA August 2005
• Antenatal Stent Migration: Historical Perspective, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna Society Fetal Urology (SFU) Anaheim, CA June 2001
• Determinants of Poor Outcome: Antenatal Bladder Neck Obstruction, CD Anthony Herndon, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna Society Fetal Urology (SFU), Chicago IL, October 2000

PUBLICATIONS

Perinatal Testicular Torsion: preoperative radiological findings and the argument for urgent surgical exploration. Sally Ahmed, George Kaplan, Marvalyn DeCambre. Accepted March 2008, Journal Pediatric Surgery (not yet in print).

Continence using the combined detrusor wrap around sling and modified bladder neck reconstruction for failed staged extrophy closures.  Marvalyn DeCambre, Mia Swartz, Richard Grady, Pasquale Casale, Michael Mitchell.  JUrol for July 2006

Emphysematous Cystitis: Caveats of Complex Presentation. Marvalyn DeCambre, Peter Albertsen, Scott Rutchik Infections in Urology November/December 2002, 15(4) 19-21

Evaluation and Follow-Up of Fetal Hydronephrosis. Deborah M Feldman, Marvalyn DeCambre, Erin Kong, Adam Borgida, Mujyan Jamil, P.H. McKenna, James F.X. Egan J Ultrasound in Medicine October 2001, 20(10) 1065-9

Interactive Computer Games for Treatment of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. CDA Herndon, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna J Urol, Nov 2001 166 (5) 1893-1898

Determinants of Poor Outcome with Antenatal Bladder Outlet Obstruction, Marvalyn DeCambre, Fabiola Balarezo and Patrick McKenna Winter 2001 Newsletter, www.Fetalurology.org/Newsletter/winter

Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract In Girls. Patrick McKenna and Marvalyn DeCambre Conn’s Current Therapy, 2002 Edited by Robert E. Rakel and Edward T. Bope WB Saunders Company

Changing Concepts in Voiding Dysfunction and Reflux. AAP Clinical Research Prize, CDA Herndon, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna J Urol, Oct 2001 166 (4) 1439-1443

The Kidney’s Role in Glucose Balance Following Partial Hepatectomy. Carolyn E Jones, Kyoko Koshibu, Marvalyn DeCambre, John E. Gerich, Palmer Q. Bessey and David A. Krusch Journal of Surgical Research Oct 1998 79(2): 136-40 

Study of a Needleless Intermittent Intravenous-Access System for Peripheral Infusions: Analysis of Staff, Patient, and Institutional outcomes.  Infect Control Hosp. Meryl H Mendelson, Louise J Short, Clyde Schecter, Burt Meyers, Margarita Rodriguez, Sandra Cohen, John Lozada, Marvalyn DeCambre, Shalom Hirschman Epidemiology 1998 Jun; 19(6): 401-6.

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEWED MEETINGS

A Review of Ureterocele Management in Children and Support for Definitive Lower Tract Reconstruction in Infants. Marvalyn DeCambre, Oren Miller, Carlos Medina and George Kaplan.  American Academy of Pediatrics, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2006

Continence using Deflux® and other bulking agents in difficult pediatric cases, Marvalyn DeCambre, Michael Mitchell, American Academy of Pediatrics and European Society of Pediatric Urology, Uppsala Sweden, June 2005

Continence using the pedicle detrusor wraparound sling in patients with incontinence due to myelomeningocele and after failed staged exstrophy/expispadias closures, Marvalyn DeCambre, Michael Mitchell, American Urologic Association (AUA), San Francisco, CA May 2004

Retrospective Review of Bladder and Bowel Function in Children with Cloacal Malformations from 1979- Present, Marvalyn DeCambre, Richard Grady, North West Urologic Society (NWUS) Seattle, WA December 2003

External Genitalia and Fixed Bony Landmarks, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna, American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) San Francisco, CA October 2001  
  
External Genitalia and Fixed Bony Landmarks, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna New England Section American Urologic Association (NEAUA) Newport, RI October 2001

Interleukin-8 and CXCR2 expression in Neuroblastoma, Marvalyn DeCambre, Fernando Ferrer, Patrick McKenna, Donald Kreutzer National Medical Association (NMA) R Frank Jones Urologic Society Nashville, TN August 2001

Interleukin-8 and CXCR2 expression in Neuroblastoma: Evidence for Sub-populations, Marvalyn DeCambre, Fernando Ferrer, Patrick McKenna, Donald Kreutzer New England Section American Urologic Association (NEAUA) Newport, RI October 2001

Neural Plastic Theory & Enuresis: An Argument for Pelvic Muscle Retraining, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna National Bladder Foundation (NBF), Washington DC, March 2001

Two Year Analysis of Patients Treated with Interactive Computer Games for Voiding Dysfunction, CD Anthony Herndon, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna AAP, Chicago IL, October 2000

Changing Concepts in Voiding Dysfunction and Reflux CD Anthony Herndon, Marvalyn DeCambre, Patrick McKenna American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Research Prize, Chicago IL, October 2000