Urology

World-renowned department, leaders and innovators

The Department of Pediatric Urology at Children's Hospital Boston is recognized internationally and is staffed by experienced physicians, who are teachers, leaders and innovators, dedicated to state of the art urologic care, surgical expertise and research in all aspects of pediatric urology.

Boston Children’s Department of Urology is the largest pediatric urology service in the world with:

• 3,100 surgical procedures each year
• 18,000 outpatient visits
• 12 world-renowned faculty members
• a Urodynamics laboratory and uroradiology unit
• More robotic-assisted surgeries performed than any other pediatric hospital

Forefront of research

In addition, Children's Pediatric Urology Department is at the forefront of laboratory investigation and offers several specialty clinics, such as the exstrophy-epispadias program, the voiding improvement program (VIP) and the perinatal urology program.

Robotic surgery gives another option

Children's Hospital Boston leads the world in pediatric robotic surgery, with the most pediatric robotic surgeries and a wider array of procedures than any other pediatric hospital. The Pediatric Urology Department has been at the forefront of pediatric robotic surgery for four years. The Robotic Development and Research Program in Pediatric Urology at Children's studies outcomes of robotic surgery, and trains physicians from around the country on the use of the robot.