STRIVE-ing for Comprehensive Care for DSD in One Program
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Experts in the STRIVE Program work collaboratively to delivery comprehensive care to children with differences in sexual development/intersex and other conditions.
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Experts in the STRIVE Program work collaboratively to delivery comprehensive care to children with differences in sexual development/intersex and other conditions.
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Dr. Van Batavia was recently interviewed by CHOP’s Research Institute about his research specialty.
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Earlier this fall, two CHOP urologists received awards for their outstanding achievements in pediatric urology. The awards were presented at the annual Societies for Pediatric Urology Fall Congress meeting, with hundreds of researchers, clinicians, and investigators from around the world in attendance.
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CHOP's Center for Outcomes in REsearch in Surgery (CORES) is making strides to improve outcomes for children with surgical conditions. The Center, led by attending urologist Gregory E. Tasian, MD, MSCE, breaks down clinical and research silos and groups researchers with patient families to improve our ability to apply outcomes back into care.
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We have developed a unique hypospadias database that is fully integrated into our EPIC electronic medical record. It allows us to keep a close monitor on our surgical patients and will help us drive down complications after complex hypospadias surgery.
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Correction of chordee or penile curvature is widely considered the rate limiting step in determining whether hypospadias can be corrected in one or two stages regardless of the initial presentation of the meatal location.
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Ten years ago, we became one of the first institutions to standardize clinical documentation and collect granular data on penile biometrics, operative surgical details, and postoperative outcomes for all patients, which has allowed us to evaluate our outcomes and advance treatment strategies. We are now reaping the rewards.
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CHOP Attending Pediatric Urologist Christopher Long, MD, joined three international faculty to lead a live surgical course on hypospadias in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Karl F. Godlewski, MD, recently joined our attending team following his completion of a two-year fellowship with our Division. Dr. Godlewski has special interest in hypospadias and bladder exstrophy, and he has extensive experience in all areas of pediatric urology, including robotics — both typical and complex.
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For every patient we receive at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, there is another patient somewhere out there in need of care. For going the extra mile to meet those patients where they are, The Urology Care Foundation recognizes Dr. Dana Weiss.