Dr. Edwin P Harmon MD
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
1980 Tybee Lane Lake Charles LA, 70605About
Dr. Edwin Harmon practices Pediatric Urology in Lake Charles, LA. 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. Harmon is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Harmon 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
LSU SCH OF MED IN NEW ORLEANS 1971
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
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- Dr. Christopher Michael Bean M.D.1980 Tybee Lane Lake Charles LA 70605