There are several challenges when treating children: they cannot always say what is bothering them; they cannot always answer medical questions and they are not always able to be patient and cooperative during a medical examination. When a child is referred to a Monmouth Medical Center pediatric urologist, special time and care are taken to examine and treat the child in a way that helps them be relaxed and cooperative. The experience is also less stressful because our urologists use equipment specially designed for children and our examination and waiting rooms are designed with children in mind.
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The variety of services offered by our pediatric urology group includes:
- Evaluation and treatment of prenatally detected urinary tract irregularities.
- Evaluation and treatment of children with urinary tract infections.
- Evaluation and treatment of children with wetting problems.
- Diagnosis and treatment of congenital irregularities of the kidneys, ureters or bladder (ureteropelvic junction obstruction, megaureter, vesicoureteral reflux, ureterocele posterior urethral valves).
- Diagnosis and treatment of neurologic lesions which affect the bladder (spina bifida, traumatic spinal cord lesions, transverse myelitis).
- Treatment of groin conditions (undescended or impalpable testes, testis torsion, hernia/hydrocele, varicocele).
- Treatment of urinary tract stones (including shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy).
- Laparoscopic surgery for undescended testis and varicocele repair.
- Surgery of congenital penile abnormalities (hypospadias, epispadias and chordee).
Pediatric Urological Surgery website.
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Michael H. Fleisher, M.D., FACS, FAAP
Thomas S. Vates III, M.D., FACS, FAAP
completed his undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical education at SUNY Downstate. His post graduate experience includes: surgical residency at Yale, urology residency at SUNY Downstate, renal transplantation fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, and pediatric urology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is a member of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Urologic Association (AUA) and a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Pediatrics. In 1998, he was honored with the Sergio Award from Healing the Children Midlantic for his volunteer work both at home and abroad caring for some of the world’s neediest children. In addition to his practice at The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth, Dr. Fleisher is presently Chief of Pediatric Urology at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey and a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
, received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his residency in general surgery at both the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. After completing his residency in urology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School he went on to complete a pediatric urology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He is a member of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Urologic Association (AUA), the Society of Fetal Urology (SFU) and a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Pediatrics. Among his honors and achievements, he received the Pfizer Scholars in Urology in 1996, and second place honors at the 1997 clinical research competition sponsored by the section of Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2003, he was honored with the Sergio Award from Healing the Children Midlantic for his dedication to serve the world’s neediest and poorest children. In addition to his practice at The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Dr. Vates is chief of the Section of Pediatric Urology at Monmouth Medical Center. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery/Urology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Vates is also the Vice-President of the Middlesex County Medical Society.
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The following is modified from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology
What is a Pediatric Urologist?
Where can I find a pediatric urologist?
What kind of training do pediatric urologists have?
If your child has an illness or disease of the genitals or urinary tract (kidneys, ureters or bladder) a Pediatric Urologist has the expertise and qualifications to treat your child.
Today, pediatric urologists can be found in almost every state and virtually all of the major cities in the United States. Pediatric urologists practice in a variety of medical institutions, including children’s hospitals, university medical centers and large community hospitals with a significant commitment to pediatric care.
Pediatric urologists are medical doctors who have:
- graduated from an accredited medical school
- had one year of surgical internship at an accredited general surgery residency program
- had at least 3 additional years of residency training in an accredited urology residency program
- At least 1 additional year of fellowship training in an accredited pediatric urology fellowship program
All urologists must pass a written examination after completing their residency to ensure their urologic knowledge is of the highest level. After a urologist passes the written examination and they have been in practice for 18 months a urologist must pass an oral examination to determine their ability to manage a variety of urologic problems. These examinations are administered by the American Board of Urology (ABU). If a urologist passes both the written and oral examinations they have demonstrated that they have obtained the required requisite knowledge to be considered “board certified”.
A pediatric urologist must devote a minimum of 50% of his or her practice to the urologic problems of infants, children and adolescents. If a pediatric urologist fulfills all these requirements he or she can become a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and carry the designation F.A.A.P.
contact the Urology department at
732-923-7250.
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