News & Highlights

in Children

Jan 09, 2013

Research
Children

Novel Epigenetic Approach to Investigate Hypospadias

Hypospadias is one of the most frequent genital malformations in the male newborn, and results from abnormal penile and urethral development.

Dec 07, 2012

Patient Care
Children

Hypospadias Treatment Demands Broader Awareness

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital features Urology's Laurence Baskin, MD, chief of Pediatric Urology on raising awareness of Hypospadias...

Dec 06, 2012

Children

Study Examines Impact of Phthalates on Infant Genital Development

UCSF Urology is collaborating with four other sites on a National Institutes of Health-funded study to determine whether phthalates (chemicals that soften plastics), affect urogenital development in human infants.

Dec 04, 2012

Children

Pediatric Urology Parent (PUP) Seminar 2013 schedule

The pediatric Urology Parent (PUP) seminar is free and open to all parents. The course is presented by a pediatric urology nurse practitioner at UCSF Children’s hospital...

Dec 03, 2012

Urologic Subspecialties
Children

Kaiser Collaborations

UCSF's Hillary Copp, MD, MS and Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS have teamed with Kaiser Permanente, California to look at urological health in a more general population...