University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center /
Children’s Medical Center
Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program
Dallas, Texas
Academic Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center
Program Director:
Warren T. Snodgrass, M.D.
warren.snodgrass@childrens.com
Program Coordinator:
Emma Sanchez
Phone: 214-456-7974
Fax: 214-456-8803
emma.sanchez@childrens.com
Length of Program:
2 years
1st year:
2nd year:
Research
Clinical
Fellowship Description:
The pediatric urology program at Children’s Medical Center Dallas is an ACGME accredited fellowship committed to the training of future leaders in the field.
Highlights include:
 Children's Medical Center Dallas is one of the nation’s largest children’s
hospitals (459 beds) and is connected to the busiest neonatal and
obstetric unit in the US (Parkland).
 The department includes six fellowship-trained pediatric urologists that
see more than 3,500 children and perform over 1,500 operations per
year.
 As of 2008, Children's Medical Center Dallas is one of the few standalone alone pediatric hospitals in the nation that owns a DaVinci surgical
robot system and the fellowship program includes urologic robotic
training.
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The program also provides intensive experience in neurogenic bladder
management and reconstruction through our association with Texas
Scottish Rite Hospital, with approximately 500 active urologic patients
annually.
 The Division of Pediatric Urology includes the John Duckett Pediatric
Urology Laboratory, directed by Dr. Linda Baker and NIH-funded.
 Didactic courses taught by faculty of the top-ranked Department of
Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center offer training in clinical research design and development,
protocol design, and grant writing.
Institutions Utilized:
- Inpatient:
 Children’s Medical Center Dallas
 Children’s Legacy Plano
- Outpatient:
 Children’s Medical Center Dallas
 Children’s Legacy Plano
 Children’s Southlake
 Children’s Rockwall
 Woodhill Pediatrics
 Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Conferences:
- Weekly Preoperative conference (1 hour)
- Rotating 2-hour weekly conference including:
 Endocrine/Pediatric Urology Intersex conference
 Radiology
 Tumor Board/ Multi-disciplinary Oncology conference
 Pathology
 Morbidity and Mortality
 Journal Club
 Nephrology/Transplant
 Research Meeting
Clinical Faculty:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/dept/0,2369,Urology,00.html
- Warren T. Snodgrass, MD, Professor &Chief of Pediatric Urology
- Linda Baker, MD, Professor
- Clanton Harrison, MD, Associate Professor
- Nicol Corbin Bush, MD, Assistant Professor
- Patricio Gargollo, MD, Assistant Professor
- Micah Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor
- Anjana Shah, RN, MSN, APRN
- Karen Pritzker, RN, MSN, CPNP
- Janelle Traylor, RN, MSN, APRN
Residents:
- Number on service: 2 (PGY-2 and PGY-4)
- UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX)
Basic Science Research Faculty:
- Linda Baker, MD, Director of Pediatric Urology Research
- Calin Marian, Ph.D.
Research Description:
The current areas of interest within the Pediatric Urology department include the
role of insulin-3 on testicular descent and testicular torsion, the role of eph-ephrin
signaling in hypospadias and ano-rectal malformations, and the genetic basis of
urinary anomalies. The lab is involved in multiple collaborative efforts within the UT
Southwestern system, home to more Nobel Laureates than any other US institution.
The division is currently involved in a number of prospective randomized as well as
cohort studies investigating a wide range of clinical areas, from stone formation to
voiding dysfunction.