Overview
The vision of the Division of Urology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is to be the leader in pediatric urology medical and surgical care, research and education nationally and internationally. Our mission is serving the health care needs of infants, children and adolescents and providing research and teaching programs of the highest ethical and scientific standards that ensure delivery of the highest quality of care.
The division manages a full range of urologic care from the most basic urologic issues to the performance of highly complex genitourinary reconstructive surgery. Outpatient clinic sites include Main Campus, Anderson, Eastgate, Fairfield, Harrison, Mason, Northern Kentucky and West Chester. Additionally, surgical procedures are performed at Main Campus and Mason. In fiscal year 2005, the Center for Pelvic and Genitourinary Reconstruction performed 35 complex surgical procedures and had a 50% increase in the number of clinics held.
Dr. Elizabeth Jackson oversees
- the Urology division's participation in the Myelomeningocele Clinic and
- Voiding Dysfunction Clinics.
Three Pediatric Nurse Practitioners manage Voiding Dysfunction clinics at Main Campus, Mason, Fairfield and Northern Kentucky and provide a variety of interventions including biofeedback. Additionally, the division provides Urodynamic testing services for invasive and non-invasive bladder studies at Main Campus. The division performed 1,071 Urodynamic studies in fiscal year 2005, a 16.5% increase over last year. Also, Nan Tobias, PNP, rounds with the faculty, fellows and residents and provides clinical oversight, management and discharge planning for urology inpatients.
The division is committed to the education of urology residents from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Kentucky within inpatient and outpatient care settings, the emergency room and operating rooms. The division has a two-year pediatric urology fellowship program accredited by the ACGME. There are a total of two fellows in the fellowship program, the first year is dedicated to clinical training and the second year is focused on basic science research. In fiscal year 2005 the division had an additional international fellowship position to support the training of a fellow from Japan.
The division's research program applies basic science principles and techniques to address urology problems specific to the pediatric population. Pramod Reddy, MD manages his research laboratory within the Division of Developmental Biology. Dr. Reddy's laboratory is studying the molecular basis of organogenesis of the urinary bladder using Xenopus. In November 2004, Dr. Reddy was awarded a Cincinnati Children's Trustee grant and in February 2005, his NIH K08 grant was funded. Alfor Lewis PhD supervises the fellow during his/her basic science research year. Dr. Lewis is a co-investigator on an NIH U01 submission addressing genitourinary smooth muscle development. The division is actively involved in a clinical trial on the treatment of detrusor overactivity in children.
