The Division of Urology at Children’s National Medical Center is the area’s largest and most experienced group of physicians trained especially to treat children with illnesses of the genitourinary tract. Children’s pediatric urologists have more than 95 years of combined experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all genitourinary disorders in infants, children, and adolescents.
Children’s skilled team performs many urological surgeries each year, encompassing all of the congenital and acquired urinary tract abnormalities of infancy and childhood of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and male and female genitalia. Common surgical conditions include hernias, hydroceles, hypospadias, intersex conditions, vesicoureteral reflux, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, ectopic and/or obstructed ureters, cloacal abnormalities, and the urogenital sinus.
Children's Division of Urology also evaluates and treats non-surgical conditions of the urinary tract, including infections and enuresis, as well as daytime and nighttime wetting and soiling problems.
Phone consultations from physicians are encouraged.
Parents may arrange outpatient consultation by phoning any of the outpatient facilities. However, evaluation of children with urinary tract infections is best arranged through the hospital office. To reduce the number of trips for the family, radiographic and sonographic evaluation will be arranged for the date of consultation. If studies have been done previously, these should be sent with the patient at the time of the initial visit.
The Division of Urology strives to offer care in the most efficient manner possible. Copies of any clinical information already obtained be faxed to the office before a visit is scheduled. For patients that are referred for urinary tract infection, a copy of any and all urine culture reports should be faxed to the office. When the patient arrives for the first consultation, any radiological or sonographic studies should accompany the patient.
