John W. Brock III, MD
Dr. Brock received his Bachelor of Science in History at Vanderbilt University in 1974 and his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia in 1978. From 1979 to 1982 he was a resident in Urology at Vanderbilt University serving as Chief Resident from 1982-1983. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology (1985); with a subspecialty certification in pediatric urology in 2008.
Dr. Brock is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons and the Society for Pediatric Urology. He is a past-President of the Society for Pediatric Urology. He is active in the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics (Section on Urology) serving as presenter and moderator. He is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Inc and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Faculty in 1992. He has been a member of the Editorial Boards of International Pediatric Surgery and the Journal of Urology (Pediatric Urology Section) and the Executive Committee of the Journal of Pediatric Urology. He has published 129 journal articles and 19 book chapters to date. Dr. Brock has received numerous invitations nationally and internationally as a guest lecturer.
Dr. Brock is Professor of Urologic Surgery and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. In 1992 he became the Director of the Division of Pediatric Urology. He was named Surgeon-in-Chief of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in 2002. In 2010 he became the first recipient of the newly endowed The Monroe Carell Jr. Professor and Surgeon-in-Chief chair at Vanderbilt University.