Department of Urology at UC Davis Health System

Pediatric Urology

Pediatric Urology at UC Davis The pediatric urology program is designed specifically for the care of infants and children with urologic conditions.

Related Areas of Interest

Appointments and Referrals

If you are an interested patient or a referring physician, please contact us for information about any of our surgical services, including minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures.

Our staff is available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., and will be happy to assist you in scheduling an appointment with one of our specialists.

For patients

Contact our Consumer Resource Center
1-800-2UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)

For referring physicians

Contact our Referral Center to initiate a referral on behalf of your patient or to request a physician-to-physician phone consultation.

1-800-4UCDAVIS (800-482-3284),
choose option 2

Returning patient appointments

To schedule an appointment, please call
(916) 734-2222, choose option 3
Or call toll free (800) 770-6930

The Department of Urology offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for adult and pediatric urological conditions. Urinary incontinence is treated through pharmacologic and surgical means. Expert surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation therapists cooperate in the treatment of urological cancers. Patients with kidney stones are treated with minimally invasive stone removal techniques and medically evaluated to determine risk factors for recurrent stone formations. Male infertility is addressed through testicular biopsy, vasograms, seminal vesiculograms, vasovasostomy, and vaseoepididymostomy. The department offers treatment using the da Vinci robotic surgical system for cases involving kidney and prostate cancers, as well as kidney dysfunction.

SPECIAL CLINICAL SERVICES

Nerve sparing and robotic radical prostatectomy
Caval surgery for renal cancer
Continent urinary diversion
Urinary reconstruction for adults and children
Male infertility
Vasectomy reversal
Female urology

Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy
Diagnostic and therapeutic ureteroscopy
Pediatric urology
Radiation oncology
Complex urinary incontinence surgery
Laparoscopic renal surgeries
Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS

A strong research component drives the department and active participation in national clinical trials keeps our physicians informed about the newest treatment combinations. Current research and clinical study areas include:

Prostate cancer — Biomolecular markers and mechanisms for prostate cancer, genetic mistakes that give rise to prostate cancer, and new methods for diagnosis and treatment

Bladder cancer

Pediatric urology — stem cell biology and tissue engineering

Effectiveness of antegrade and retrograde percutaneous nephrolithotripsy

Kidney stones — Metabolic abnormalities and effective treatment regimens for recurrent stone formations

Bladder disfunctions — Sacral root stimulation for voiding dysfunction and neurogenic bladder

Urinary incontinence — Nonoperative treatments for stress incontinence

Kidney cancer — New laparoscopic techniques for renal surgeries

Prostate Cancer

State-of-the-art surgical procedures for prostatectomy

Pediatric Urology

Related Areas of Interest

Appointments and Referrals

SPECIAL CLINICAL SERVICES

RESEARCH AND CLINICAL TRIALS