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UPMC Children’s Pediatric Urology at SPU 2024 Annual Meeting

March 18, 2024

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Division of Pediatric Urology faculty and fellows will be speaking and presenting research at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Societies for Pediatric Urology in San Antonio, Texas on May 4.

We invite you to check out the lectures and abstract presentations and connect with our faculty and fellows to learn more about our pediatric urology clinical programs and research at UPMC Children’s.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Lecture:

May 4, 8:15 - 9:15 AM

How to Innovate: Taking an Idea to Fruition

Michael Ost, MD, MBA

Research Abstracts:

Title: Posterior Urethral Valves: Examining the Relationship of Socioeconomic Factors in Disease Presentation and Progression

Authors: Christopher Staniorski, MD; Mary Killian, MD; Devin Rogers, MD; John Flinn, BS; Rajeev Chaudhry, MD; Omar Ayyash MD, MPH.

Title: Intravaginal Longitudinal Ridge: A Previously Undescribed Predictor of Ipsilateral Dysgenetic Testis in Patients with Disorders of Sexual Differentiation

Authors: Brett Teplitz, MD; Esther Liu, DO; Moira Dwyer, MD; Miguel Reyes-Mugica, MD; Pankaj Dangle, MD; Selma Witchel, MD; Svetlana Yatsenko, PhD; Omar Ayyash MD, MPH; Francis Schneck, MD.

Title: Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes for Pediatric Robotic Pyeloplasty Using the Da Vinci Si and Xi Surgical Systems

Authors: Brian Chun MD; Omar Ayyash MD, MPH; Michael Ost, MD, MBA; Francis Schneck, MD; Rajeev Chaudhry MD; Glenn Cannon MD.

Note: Bolded names are division faculty; underlined names are division residents/fellows.