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Urology

Urology provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services for children of all ages and teens with diseases of the genitourinary tract, including consultations for urinary tract abnormalities detected in utero. Services range from primary urologic care to major reconstructive surgery.

We are proud to announce that Nationwide Children's Hospital ranks 21st in the specialty ranking of Urology in U.S.News & World Report's 2010-2011 Edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals.

Our Clinics

Urology Clinic
Outpatient Care Center
555 S. 18th Street
6th Floor, Suite 6D
Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 722-6630
FAX (614) 722-3114
Mon. – Fri. 8 am – 4 pm

Administration and Academics
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Timken Hall, Rm. G280
700 Children’s Drive
Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 722-6625
FAX (614) 722-6627

Department Highlights

Family Education Resources            

Helping Hands
Urine Specimen: Clean Catch-Female
Urine Specimen: Clean Catch-Male
Urine Specimen: 24-Hour
Urine Dip Tests
Toilet Training
Catheterization: Teaching Your Child (Self-Clean Intermittent)
Enuresis (Bedwetting)
Cystogram: Nuclear Medicine
Cystogram: Radiology
Urodynamics
Catheter Care: Indwelling
Catheter Irrigation: Clean Procedure
Catheterization: Self-Clean Intermittent-Female
Catheterization: Self-Clean Intermittent-Male
Catheterization Record Intermittent

KidsHealth
Toilet training article for parents

Practice Tools
Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Prenatal Hydronephrosis

Molecular Shape-Shifter Triggers Bladder Development        

A new study from the Center for Cell and Developmental Biology at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital may help explain why smooth muscle appears similar throughout the body, yet functions differently, especially within the bladder. Read the article »

Dog is Treated for Ureteropelvic Junction Stenosis     

The Section of Urology collaborated with The Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital to treat a 3-yearold Bichon Frise, Tricky Woo, when an ultrasound revealed an enlargement of the dog’s renal pelvis of both kidneys. The pediatric urology team recognized the condition as Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) stenosis, a congenital disease that presents itself in humans in their early development and is rare in dogs. The 3-hour surgery consisted of the insertion of stents to connect the kidney to the bladder until the new connection had healed. Reports of Tricky Woo’s recovery are positive.

Urology Hosts Isky Gordon    

Another collaboration with the Department of Radiology included serving as host for a five-day visiting professorship of Isky Gordon, FRCR, FRCP, professor of pediatric imaging at the Institute of Child Health University College and honorary consultant physician at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London. Dr. Gordon is an authority on radionuclide imaging in uroradiology, especially related to the diagnosis of obstruction and the management of urinary tract infections. His visit involved presentations at multiple interactive forums attended by physicians and surgeons in pediatrics, infectious disease, nephrology radiology and urology. Presentations also were highlighted during a Nationwide Children’s regional pediatric uroradiology conference.