Pediatric Urology Update

AI DuPont Children’s Hospital is part of Nemours Children’s Health. Jefferson Urology residents and SKMC students have clinical rotations at the Wilmington, Delaware facility.

Dr. Sonny Figueroa, Chief, Division of Pediatric Urology Nemours Children’s HealthDelaware, provided updates from the Pediatric Urology Division at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. Jennifer Hagerty, DO, has received an invitation to participate in the Urology Residency Review Committee. Ahmad Bani Hani, MD, continues as Chair of the Pediatric Committee, Public Education Council of the AUA Urology Care Foundation. He has been in that important position since 2019. Dr. Bani Hani had three abstracts at the Societies for Pediatric Urology (SPU) Fall Conference in Miami, FL, December 2021. The SPU bring together a variety of related groups such as the Society for Fetal Urology, American Association of Pediatric Urologists, International Children's Continence Society and others. Its purpose is to promote pediatric urology, appropriate practice, education as well as exchanges between practitioners involved in the treatment of genitourinary disorders in children. The Division of Pediatric Urology hosted Dr. Michael Metro as the 2021 William Ferris Lecturer in Pediatric Urology in October. Details on this visiting professorship can be found on page 46.

CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN NEONATAL CIRCUMCISION

Under the direction of Dr. Keara De Cotiis, the Pediatric Urology Division at Nemours Children’s Health-Delaware has a new initiative to improve access to neonatal circumcisions. The Pediatric Urology team started a dedicated circumcision clinic in addition to those scattered throughout our Nemours clinics already to accommodate our growing referral base. Every Wednesday there are 9-12 circumcision slots with parents receiving a thorough prep sheet so they are quite comfortable prior to the procedure. The circumcision clinic was extended down to our Nemours Milford location, where it is possible to do between 6-8 procedures during those clinics. The program offers Mogen, Gomco, and Plastibell circumcisions depending on the provider or parent preference. After the procedure, parents get a care packet as well as instructions for home care. The team has performed over 300 neonatal circumcisions in 2021, averaging around 75 circumcisions/year previously. According to Dr. De Cotiis “This program has been a success by allowing trained pediatric urologic surgeons to offer this care to newborn infants. We should be on target to do almost 400 office circumcisions by the end of the year.”

This program has been a success by allowing trained pediatric urologic surgeons to offer this care to newborn infants. We should be on target to do almost 400 office circumcisions by the end of the year.

Dr. Keara De Cotiis