Why Dr. Stepp Built APSU
More Time. Fewer Barriers.
Your Surgeon Throughout.
A practice structured around preparation, direct communication, and continuity with Dr. Stepp before and after complex pelvic surgery.
The Surgeon-Led Continuity Model
Dr. Stepp typically performs four to six surgeries each week and may perform more. APSU is structured so he can maintain a high-volume surgical practice while taking time to understand each patient’s history, perform complex surgery using minimally invasive techniques, and remain involved throughout recovery.
Surgery is performed at a standalone outpatient surgery center, where cases do not compete for operating-room time with other hospital service lines. This allows shorter waits and more predictable scheduling.
There are no membership fees. Surgical patients have more consistent access to Dr. Stepp and a shorter path to an informed answer before and after surgery. That direct surgeon-patient connection is a founding principle of the practice.
Why I Built APSU
I spent 15 years of my academic career in Charlotte after completing fellowship. During that time, our team built a program from the ground up, bringing academic urogynecology and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery to Charlotte. At its peak, I operated on nearly 600 patients each year while maintaining excellent outcomes. As demand grew, some patients waited approximately a year from referral to surgery.
Scale also created distance. A patient’s question could appropriately move through a call center, triage nurse, and advanced practice clinician before reaching me. That pathway helped a large institution care for many people, but I was often in the operating room when patients called. Answers could take time, patients did not always have the one-to-one connection they wanted, and I missed much of their recovery—including the success stories that make this work meaningful.
APSU gives me the time to listen and understand the full effect of a patient’s condition. Some patients tell me I am the first physician who has taken the time to hear the whole story. Pelvic problems can affect more than one organ system. I have the time and expertise to consider those systems together, address multiple surgical concerns during one operation when appropriate, coordinate other specialists when needed, and remain directly involved after surgery.
That is why the practice is out of network. The model protects the time and continuity that complex pelvic surgery requires. If I operate on you, I want to remain your surgeon during recovery—not disappear after the operation.
— Kevin Stepp, MD, FACOG, URPS
Direct Physician Access
Surgical patients have a direct pathway to the practice and personal postoperative contact with Dr. Stepp, without having to begin every clinical question through a call center.
Unhurried Consultations
Consultations are scheduled for the time required to review your history, perform a detailed exam, and build a surgical plan. If your case requires a longer conversation, that time exists.
High-Volume Surgical Experience
Dr. Stepp typically performs four to six surgeries each week and may perform more. Patients receive the experience of a high-volume surgeon with direct access for questions before and after surgery.
Schedule a Private Consultation
Dr. Kevin Stepp, MD, FACOG, URPS sees patients at 11210 Golf Links Dr North, #100, Charlotte, NC 28277. Consultations are available for both surgical and non-surgical evaluations.