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Rena Xu, MD, MBA
Advisor to Health Affairs, Boston Children's Hospital; Pediatric Urologist, Department of Urology
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Rena Xu, MD, MBA
Advisor to Health Affairs, Boston Children's Hospital; Pediatric Urologist, Department of Urology
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Harvard College
2007
Cambridge
MA
Graduate School
Harvard Business School
2014
Boston
MA
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
2014
Boston
MA
Internship
Department of Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
2015
Boston
MA
Residency
Department of Urology
Massachusetts General Hospital
2019
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Department of Urology
Boston Children's Hospital
2022
Boston
MA
Professional History
Dr. Rena Xu is the Advisor to Health Affairs at Boston Children's Hospital and an Affiliate Faculty Member in the BCH Computational Health Informatics Program. She earned her MD degree from Harvard Medical School and her MBA degree from Harvard Business School. She completed residency training in urology at Massachusetts General Hospital and fellowship training in pediatric urology at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Xu is a former Blavatnik Fellow in Life Science Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. She has written about health care for the New England Journal of Medicine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Dr. Xu’s research focuses on characterizing and improving patient care pathways and advancing health equity.
Approach to Care
My greatest priority is providing high-quality, compassionate care to patients & their families. The health care system is capable of incredible things but can also be daunting for patients and loved ones to navigate. As a surgeon and researcher, I am committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for patients and to making their care journeys as smooth, efficient, and humane as possible.
Publications
Editorial Comment. View Abstract
Characterizing psychosocial services in a pediatric urology practice. View Abstract
Gender Affirmation-Related Information-Seeking Behaviors in a Diverse Sample of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults: Survey Study. View Abstract
Cost analysis for mirabegron use in the treatment of children with neurogenic bladder. View Abstract
Hybrid Clinics: A New Model for Ambulatory Care to Reduce Infection Risk. View Abstract
Prostatic metaplasia of the vagina in transmasculine individuals. View Abstract
Malignancy Yield of Testis Pathology in Older Boys and Adolescents with Cryptorchidism. View Abstract
A World Out of Reach: Dispatches from Life under Lockdown View Abstract
Essentials of Men’s Health. Bhasin S, O’Leary MP, Basaria SS, editors View Abstract
Improvements in ureteroscopy efficiency when performed at an ambulatory surgery center View Abstract
Genitourinary cancer patients have worse baseline semen parameters than healthy sperm bankers. View Abstract
Improvements in Ureteroscopy Efficiency When Performed at an Ambulatory Surgery Center. View Abstract
Prognostic significance of indeterminate lung nodules in renal cell carcinoma. View Abstract
The teaming curve: a longitudinal study of the influence of surgical team familiarity on operative time. View Abstract
Late Neck Metastasis of Clear Cell Salivary Carcinoma of the Soft Palate View Abstract
Living Will View Abstract
A differentiation diagnosis--specialization and the medical student. View Abstract
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