Richard N. Yu |Medical Services
Specialities
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- Androgen Insensitivity
- Circumcision
- Delayed Puberty Delayed Sexual Development
- Duplex Collecting System
- Hematuria
- Horseshoe Kidney
- Hydrocele
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypospadias
- Inguinal Hernia
- Megaureter
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
- Nephrectomy
- Phalloplasty
- Phimosis and Paraphimosis
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Testicular Torsion
- Torsion of the Appendix Testis
- UTI
- Undescended Testes (Cryptorchidism)
- Ureteral Surgery
- Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
- Urologic Tumors
- Vaginoplasty
- Varicocele
- Vesicoureteral Reflux VUR
Departments
Programs
Languages
- English
Richard N. Yu |Education
Undergraduate School
Loyola University of Chicago
1992, Chicago, IL
Graduate School
Northwestern University
1998, Chicago, IL
Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
2001, Chicago, IL
Internship
Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
2002, Houston, TX
Residency
Urology
Baylor College of Medicine
2006, Houston, TX
Residency
Chief Urology Resident
Baylor College of Medicine
2007, Houston, TX
Fellowship
Pediatric Urology
Boston Children's Hospital
2010, Boston, MA
Richard N. Yu |Professional History
Richard N. Yu, MD, PhD, is board-certified in Urology and fellowship trained in Pediatric Urology. He is the Director of Transplant Urology and Director of the Robotic Surgery Program in Urology. He treats patients with general pediatric urology problems and congenital abnormalities of the urinary tract. He also coordinates the urologic care of patients with end stage renal disease in conjunction the Pediatric Transplant Center.
Dr. Yu serves as an expert for the Department of Urology for Boston Children's Hospital Precision Medicine Service. For more information about the Precision Medicine Service please visitbostonchildrens.org/precisionmed.
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