Division of Urology News & Announcements

Learn about a novel disorder caused by rare genetic variants, the importance of global neonatal outcomes, and more, in this week’s edition of In the News.

CBS Philadelphia Features Dr. Gregory Tasian on how rising temperatures and climate change may lead to increased risk of kidney stones.

Pediatric KIDney Stone Care Improvement Network is all about collaborative, partnership-based, patient-centered kidney stone research.

Learn about novel findings and new funding from our Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.

Study shows rising temperatures due to climate change will lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones over the next seven decades.

Thomas Kolon, MD, and Stephen Zderic, MD, were recognized with American Urological Association Urology Cares Foundation awards.

PKIDS Care Improvement Network to determine effectiveness of approaches to remove kidney stones and the procedures impact on patients’ lives.

U.S.News & World Report has ranked CHOP among the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals — again!

In this week's roundup, CHOP scientists take a stem cell approach to restore vision to people who have lost key vision cells.

Jason Van Batavia, MD, a physician-scientist in the Division of Urology at CHOP, is the grand prize winner in the 2018 Diokno-Lapides Essay Contest.