The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center
Integrating Exceptional Clinical Care With Novel Research Discoveries
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center offers patients access to the latest advances in research and to streamlined, coordinated and evidenced-based surgical and medical treatment of urologic, genital and kidney issues.
The center’s collaborative and integrated process combines exceptional clinical care, advocacy, novel research, and training and education to develop the next generation of nephrology and urology treatment and continually improve outcomes for children everywhere.
About Us
The Urology and Nephrology and Hypertension teams at Nationwide Children’s are nationally-recognized by their peers for excellence in patient care, research and outcomes.
Building upon established collaborations to bring them together, the Kidney and Urinary Tract Center offers many advantages for patients who need care from experts in both urology and nephrology.
Each visit includes both a urologist and nephrologist. The real-time collaboration of two subspecialists in the room during a single visit results in a more complete and informed personal care plan.
This comprehensive, multidisciplinary care approach is built into every visit, every treatment and every surgery to provide acute and chronic nephrology and urology services driven by the latest discoveries and innovations in research and enable best outcomes for the most complex kidney, urinary tract and genital conditions.
Streamlining visits also provides clear benefits for patients and families from a time and convenience standpoint, and a clinical care coordinator guides them through every step of the process.
Meet Our Leadership
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center at Nationwide Children’s is led and staffed by pediatric experts who provide patients and their families with world-class, innovative care. These visionary leaders represent the breadth of experience and expertise across the integrated center.
Conditions We Treat
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center serves patients with many types of conditions related to the urinary system and kidneys, including:
- Congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT)
- Kidney stones
- Urinary tract obstruction
- Posterior urethral valves
- Severe vesicoureteral reflux
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Solitary kidney
- Prune belly syndrome
- Other urinary tract issues causing problems with the kidney
What Makes Us Different
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center uses a cross-disciplinary approach to manage each patient’s care path. To ensure each patient is seen by the right team and at the right time, The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center is uniquely staffed by a care coordinator who serves as a personal liaison for patients with kidney and urinary tract concerns.
A Strategy for Continually Improved Outcomes
Specialized clinical pathways for urinary tract infections (UTI), congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and kidney stones are an integral part of the process that allow extensive research and evaluation to improve care. This allows clinical treatments to evolve through ongoing research initiatives and ensures better outcomes for every patient.
Complete Clinical and Research Integration
The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center offers patients access to personalized care plans for the treatment of their urologic and kidney issues through streamlined, collaborative visits with at least two of our surgical and medical experts at once.
Additionally, our experts are all active in research, and Nationwide Children’s is a recognized leader in kidney and urinary tract innovation and discovery.
Resources for Families
Referrals
Health care providers seeking an urgent referral may call our office at (614) 722-6650.
For non-urgent referrals, health care providers may fax referral information to Central Scheduling at (614) 722-4000. Please specify the referral to “the Kidney and Urinary Tract Center.”
Patients and families may request a referral to the Kidney and Urinary Tract Center from their primary care provider or specialist. To help speed up the referral process, a patient or family may call our office at (614) 722-6630 to let us know that you have requested a referral.
Research
2024 Kidney and Urinary Tract Center Symposium
State-of-The-Art in Congenital Obstructive Uropathy
March 13-14, 2024
The overall goal of this symposium is to provide a current, high-level summary of the mechanisms and management of congenital obstructive uropathy due to bladder outlet obstruction, highlighting knowledge gaps and making recommendations about next steps for research to guide the care of patients at all phases of their disease course.
Agenda
Opening Address | Main Conference | |
Date | March 13, 2024 |
March 14, 2024 |
Location | Nationwide Children's Discovery Auditorium | Nationwide Children's Hospital Conference Center |
Time | 5 to 7 p.m. | 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Featured Speakers |
Armando Lorenzo, MD | The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Predicting Outcomes in Congenital Obstructive Uropathy |
Nina Mann, MD | Boston Children’s Hospital Rodrigo Ruano, MD, PhD | UHealth Jackson Fetal Care Center Joost Schanstra, PhD | Inserm in France Richard Lee, MD | Boston Children’s Hospital Daryl McLeod, MD, MPH | Nationwide Children’s Hospital |