Dr. Hal C Scherz M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
81 Upper Riverdale Rd Sw Suite 200 Riverdale GA, 30274Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Hal Scherz practices Pediatric Urology in Riverdale, GA. 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. Scherz is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Scherz 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
Univ of Tx Med Sch At San Antonio, San Antonio Tx 1981
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1981
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Increased incidence of hypospadias in small-for-gestational age infants in a neonatal intensive-care unit.
- Antenatal hydronephrosis with postnatal resolution: how long are postnatal studies warranted?
- Minimally invasive treatment of vesicoureteral reflux with endoscopic injection
- Urological manifestations of Down syndrome.
- The modified sting procedure to correct vesicoureteral reflux: improved results with submucosal implantation within the intramural ureter.
- Endoscopic treatment with dextranomer/hyaluronic acid for complex cases of vesicoureteral reflux.
- New contralateral vesicoureteral reflux following dextranomer/hyaluronic Acid implantation: incidence and identification of a high risk group.
- Magnetic resonance urography for evaluating outcomes after pediatric pyeloplasty.
- Magnetic resonance urography in the evaluation of prenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis and renal dysgenesis.
- Small intestinal submucosa for corporeal body grafting in severe hypospadias requiring division of the urethral plate.
- Incidence of urinary tract infections in children after successful ureteral reimplantation versus endoscopic dextranomer/hyaluronic acid implantation.
- Dynamic hydrodistention of the ureteral orifice: a novel grading system with high interobserver concordance and correlation with vesicoureteral reflux grade.
- Partial ureteral quadruplication with contralateral multicystic dysplastic kidney.
- Vesicoureteral reflux index (VURx): a novel tool to predict primary reflux improvement and resolution in children less than 2 years of age.
- Urethral profilometry in Scott artificial urinary sphincter.
Treatments
- Kidney Stones
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Varicocele
- Inguinal Hernia
Dr. Hal C Scherz M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 81 Upper Riverdale Rd Sw Suite 200
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