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Uppsala University Children's Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset), Paediatric Urology

Uppsala, Sweden

ESPU-certified paediatric urology training programme at the Children's Hospital of Akademiska sjukhuset, where paediatric urologists and urotherapists assess, treat and operate on congenital anomalies and other urinary tract and genital conditions in children.

LengthAt least 2 years (ESPU training standard)
ESPU certified paediatric urology training programme (certified January 2013)

What stands out

  • DSD team combining paediatric and adult urology with clinical genetics, psychology, endocrinology and gynaecology
  • Adolescent urology team for patients over 15, with paediatric and adult urotherapists and a gynaecologist
  • Spina bifida care delivered jointly with the neurohabilitation team, plus consult work at Folke Bernadotte neurorehabilitation
  • Bladder exstrophy patients followed through childhood, with yearly theme days for families
Program lead
Anders Stenbäck
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Focus
Paediatric urology within the paediatric surgery section: congenital urinary tract and genital malformations, DSD team, adolescent urology team
Hospital
Akademiska barnsjukhuset (Children's Hospital), Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala
Faculty
Gisela Reinfeldt Engberg, Felipe Donoso Torres, Göran Läckgren