Pediatric Urologist
If your child has an illness or disease of the genitals or the urinary tract (kidneys, ureters,and bladder), a Pediatric Urologist has the experience and qualifications to treat your child. A pediatric urologist usually devotes a minimum of 50% of his or her practice to the urologic problems of infants, children, and adolescents.
What types of treatments do pediatric urologists provide?
Pediatric urologists are surgeons who can diagnose, treat, and manage children’s urinary urinary and genital problems. Pediatric urologists generally provide the following services:
• Evaluation and management of voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery
• Surgical reconstruction of the urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, and bladder) including genital abnormalities, hypospadias, and intersex conditions
• Surgery for groin conditions in childhood and adolescence (undescended testes, hydrocele/hernia, varicocele)
