Kernan Hospital

Special Programs

Urology

What is Urology?

For More Information

Watch two videos featuring neurourologist Andrew Shapiro, M.D. In the first he talks about neurourologists and how they can help. The second video covers urinary frequency, including common causes and treatments.

Call Us

We offer outpatient services, inpatient consultation and surgical consultation to any patient with a urologic issue. You can call us for an appointment or ask your primary caregiver to request a consultation.

Appointments: 410-448-6450 (after hours emergencies will be directed to the on-call physician)

Urologists evaluate and treat disorders of the kidneys, prostate, bladder, testicles and pelvic floor. We provide both medical and surgical options to patients with a variety of issues. Some of the more common issues we evaluate & treat include:

Urinary incontinence (female & male)
Voiding dysfunction (difficulty urinating, frequent urination, waking at night to urinate)
Kidney & bladder stones
Urinary tract infections
Erectile dysfunction
Bladder, kidney, prostate and testicular cancer
Male infertility

Conditions We Treat

In addition to general urologic care, Kernan’s urologists specialize in neurologic disorders of the bladder. We treat urologic conditions in patients with:

Spinal cord injuries
Multiple sclerosis
Strokes (CVA)
Traumatic brain injury
Other neurologic conditions which affect the bladder (e.g. Parkinson's, Spina Bifida)

Services We Offer

We offer a full range of urologic services including:

Oupatient urodynamics (specialized bladder study)
Botox injections (bladder)
Cystoscopy
Suprapubic tube placement
Reconstructive bladder surgery
Slings (incontinence surgery)
Laser ablation of stones
Sacral nerve stimulation (Interstim)
All types of peripheral nerve stimulation

We also offer general urologic procedures which include:

TURP (prostate resection)
Penile prosthesis
Urologic cancer surgery (bladder, prostate, kidney, testicle)

For more information about our urology services, or to make an appointment, please call 410-448-6450.

This page was last updated on: December 27, 2007.