Dr. William Anthony Kennedy MD
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
730 Welch Rd Surgical Subspecialt Palo Alto CA, 94304Rating
5/5
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Dr. William Kennedy practices Pediatric Urology in Palo Alto, CA. Pediatric urologists treat young patients who suffer from an illness or disease of the genitals or urinary tract, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder. As a pediatric urologist, Dr. Kennedy is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Kennedy performs include surgical reconstruction of the urinary tract, hypospadias, and disorders of sex development; surgery for groin conditions in childhood; evaluation and surgical management of kidney stone disease; and surgical management of tumors and malignancies of the kidney, bladder, and testis.
Education and Training
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1989
Board Certification
Pediatric Urology (Urology)
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
Provider Details
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor Stanford University 2015 - Present
- Chief of Pediatric Urology Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital 2012 - Present
Treatments
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Varicocele
- Inguinal Hernia
Professional Memberships
- American Urological Association, Western Section
Dr. William Anthony Kennedy MD's Practice location
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