Department of Urology | Faculty
Clinical Faculty
Shima Anwar, MD, PhD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Urodynamics with needle urinary sphincter electromyography, management of voiding dysfunction and associated conditions
Stuart B. Bauer, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics, voiding dysfunction, urinary incontinence, spinal cord and central nervous system abnormalities
Research interests: Impact of clean intermittent catheterization on patients and families
Joseph G. Borer, MD
Chair, Reconstructive Urologic Surgery Associate Professor of Surgery, HMS
Clinical interests: Complex genitourinary reconstruction, bladder exstrophy and epispadias, cloacal exstrophy , megaureter, posterior urethral valves, ureterocele, vesicoureteral reflux, ureteral pelvic junction obstruction
Research interests: Surgical reconstruction and clinical outcomes for patients with bladder exstrophy, epispadias and cloacal exstrophy
Bartley G. Cilento Jr., MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Hypospadias, Vesicoureteral reflux, urolithiasis (stones), minimally invasive surgery, undescended testes, varicocele
Academic interests: Fellow/resident education and training
Carlos R. Estrada, Jr., MD, MBA
Urologist-in-Chief; Alan B. Retik Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics, complex genitourinary reconstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, posterior urethral valves, megaureter, hypospadias
Research and academic interests: Regenerative medicine/tissue engineering, telemedicine, advanced analytics, urodynamics, neurogenic bladder
Julia B. Finkelstein, MD, MPH
Director of Safety, Quality, & Process Improvement; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Clinical interests: General pediatric urology and robotic/minimally invasive surgery
Research and academic interests: Testicular torsion; Quality improvement and innovation, including use of simulation; High reliability and psychological safety
Christine T. FitzGerald, MD, PhD
Director, CHEER; Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Nonsurgical care for children with common pediatric urology problems such a voiding dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), daytime accidents (enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
Research interests: Nocturnal enuresis, genetic causes of voiding dysfunction, and psychosocial processes affecting voiding dysfunction
Lillian C. Hayes, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Urology; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Behavioral health treatment of pediatric bowel and bladder dysfunction, coping support and procedural preparation for surgery and invasive interventions, coping with chronic urologic conditions and related healthcare needs
Research interests: Psychiatric comorbidity in pediatric patients with bowel and bladder dysfunction, patient and family experience of clean intermittent catheterization, post-hospitalization adjustment, behavioral health care coordination in outpatient pediatric urology settings, improving access to behavioral health services in outpatient pediatric urology care centers
Mélise Keays, MD, MSc
Director, Surgical Informatics; Co-Director, Complex Hypospadias; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Hypospadias and penile reconstruction, Differences of Sexual Development, reconstructive urology, adolescent outcomes of genitourinary reconstruction and general urology
Research interests: Patient oriented research, patient reported outcome measure development, electronic health record optimization for research, learning health systems
Michael P. Kurtz, MD, MPH
Director, Stone Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Fetal urology, kidney stones, hydronephrosis, posterior urethral valves, varicocele, robotic and minimally invasive surgery
Research interests: Health services research, fetal urology, prenatal diagnostics, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, urolithiasis (stones), varicocele
Richard S. Lee, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs; Director, Hilary and Geoffrey Grove Family Chair in Urology; Director, Oncology, Transplant and Bladder Exstrophy; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Interests: Complex genitourinary reconstruction, bladder exstrophy, colorectal and pelvic malformations, oncology, transplantation, robotic and minimally invasive surgery
Research Interests: Biomarker discovery, renal injury and obstruction, proteomics, glycomics, glycoproteomics, translational research
Ted Lee, MD, MSc
Assistant professor, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Exstrophy-epispadias complex and complex reconstruction
Research interests: Population genetics, genetics of exstrophy and voiding dysfunction, and UTI/VUR risk stratification
Kelly MacAulay, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Nonsurgical care for children with common pediatric urology problems such a voiding dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), daytime accidents (enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
Erin McNamara, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Spina Bifida and Congenital Spinal Anomalies Center; Co-Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Co-Director, Complex Hypospadias, Program Director; Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Hypospadias, spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, and anorectal malformations/cloacal deformities
Research Interests: Health services research; health care transition and lifelong care of congenital genitourinary conditions; quality improvement and measurement of surgical outcomes
Caleb Nelson, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Research; James and Valerie Mandell Endowed Chair of Pediatric Urology; Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: General pediatric urology, vesicoureteral reflux/urinary tract infection, urolithiasis (stones), hydronephrosis/urinary tract dilation
Research Interests: Vesicoureteral reflux, stones, hydronephrosis, medical imaging and screening
Elizabeth Oh, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Nonsurgical care for children with common pediatric urology problems such a voiding dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), daytime accidents (enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
Siam Oottamasathien, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Penile reconstruction and hypospadias, general pediatric urology, and voiding dysfunction
Research Interests: UroPediatrician curriculum creation, device development to help treat voiding dysfunction
Kenneth Softness, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Complex reconstruction, robotics, spina bifida
Research interests: Health Services Research, Transitional Care, Advocacy and Policy
Deborah Stein, MD
Co-Director, Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension Center; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Prenatal counseling for renal disease, Hypertension, Cystinosis, CAKUT and renal outcomes, Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease and acute dialysis
Research interests: Long-term outcomes for children with CKD
Hatim Thaker, MD
Director, Urodynamics and Neuro-urology; Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Neurogenic bladder, urodynamics, genitourinary oncology, and robotic surgery
Research interests: Botox and novel neurotoxins
Evalynn Vasquez, MD, MBA
Director, Global Urology; Associate Program Director; Wellness Officer; Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Bladder exstrophy, cloacal exstrophy, neurogenic bladder, cloacal malformation, spina bifida and global health
Research interests: Bladder exstrophy surgical repair and management, Spina Bifida clinical outcomes and management, anorectal malformations with genitourinary anomalies, surgical readiness for complex reconstructive surgery, Global health, international education and surgical outcomes
Hsin-Hsiao Scott Wang, MD, MPH, MBAn
Co-Director, Computational Healthcare Analytics Program (CHAP); Physician Analytics Manger, Health Affairs; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Genitourinary reconstruction, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics.
Research interests: Advanced analytics (machine learning, AI), predictive modeling, health services research, urodynamics (signal/software & hardware discovery), business operations analytics
Margaret Werner, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Nonsurgical care for children with common pediatric urology problems such a voiding dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), daytime accidents (enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
Vivian Williams, DNP, MSN, RN, CPNP
Director of Advanced Practice Nursing
Clinical interests: APRN Practice, newborn circumcision, inpatient and emergency pediatric urologic care, bladder exstrophy, ERAS
Research interests: APRN Practice, newborn circumcision, opioid utilization in pediatric urology, judicious utilization of periprocedural antibiotics, pediatric testicular torsion, Quality Improvement in pediatric urology, ERAS protocols in pediatric urology
Rena Xu, MD, MBA
Advisor to Health Affairs, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: General pediatric urology, vesicoureteral reflux, genitourinary reconstruction
Research interests: Patient care navigation, health systems design, operations improvement
Richard N. Yu, MD, PhD
Director, Palumbo Family Directorship in Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgical Director, BEING-U & Gender Affirming Surgery; Director, Male Sexual Health Program; Lead Urologist, Center for Gender Surgery; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Robotic and minimally invasive surgery, and reconstructive surgery
Research interests: Robotic surgery education, reconstructive urology, and global health
Research Faculty
Rosalyn Adam, PhD
Director, Basic Urological Research; David E. Retik Chair in Urology Research; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Multi-omics analysis of bladder remodeling; novel mechanisms of smooth muscle contractility, preclinical exploration and treatment of neurogenic bladder
Min Dong, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Molecular, structural, and cellular mechanisms of bacterial toxins, molecular mechanism of botulinum neurotoxin actions, translational research on developing novel therapeutic toxins, membrane trafficking pathways in neurons and epithelial cells
Zohreh Izadifar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research Interests: In vitro tissue models, Organ-on-a-Chip, Biofabrication, Urogenital and reproductive health and disease modeling, Urogenital microbiome and infection diseases, 3D Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Non-invasive imaging and assessment
Tanya Logvinenko, PhD
Senior Biostatistician, Biostatistics and Research Design (BARD) Center; Senior Biostatistician, Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research (ICCTR); Assistant Professor of Surgery
Research Interests: My research focuses on developing statistical methodology to address clinical questions, unified by the themes of high dimensionality and complex structures. In addition, my work concentrates on development of prognostic and diagnostic biologically meaningful models based on clinical or biomarker data.
Program Manager
Jill Harris Tucker
Program Manager
