• A multidisciplinary team from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh published a recent report in the journal Urology on a case of pelvic neuroblastoma originating from the prostate in a 4-year-old patient.

• Contributing to the report from the Division of Pediatric Urology was first author, urology resident, Christopher J. Staniorski, MD, and senior author Michael C. Ost, MD, professor of Urology and director of Pediatric Surgical Outreach at UPMC Children’s. Also contributing to the report were Marcus M. Malek, MD, and Paul K. Waltz, MD, from the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, and Miguel Reyes-Múgica, MD, former chief of Pathology at UPMC Children’s.

• Researchers from UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh's Division of Pediatric Urology published findings from a new study assessing the actual radiation doses received by patients from abdominal x-rays as opposed to the estimated doses often calculated from machine settings.

• The study was led by senior author and division clinical director, Rajeev Chaudhry, MD, who has a long-standing research interest in understanding radiation dosing from imaging studies in pediatric urology patients. The first author of the study was UPMC Department of Urology resident Christopher Staniorski, MD, along with contributions from Alyssa Paul of Butler University.

• Rajeev Chaudhry, MD, and Esther Liu, DO, published research in the Journal of Pediatric Urology that explored the relationship between food desert residence and obstructing stone disease resulting in surgical intervention in a cohort of pediatric patients. The team found a significant association between food desert residence and obstructing pediatric stone disease resulting in surgical intervention. They also reviewed a potential new association with pediatric stone disease: psychiatric comorbidity and the medical management of such diagnoses.

• Michael C. Ost, MD, and Shyam Patnaik, MD, provided an editorial commentary in the Journal of Urology to seek clarity on the reasons to convert a robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) to a radical nephrectomy (RN) in order approach RPN as safely as possible.

Feasibility of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) implementation in Pediatric Urology: Pilot-phase outcomes of a prospective, multi-center study - PubMed

• Rajeev Chaudhry, MD, was part of a research team that assessed the success with and barriers to implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in a prospective, multi-center study on patients undergoing complex lower urinary tract reconstruction.

Residing in a Food Desert and Obstructing Stone Disease | UPMC Physician Resources

• A new study currently in press in the Journal of Pediatric Urology explored the relationship between food desert residence and obstructing stone disease resulting in surgical intervention in a cohort of pediatric patients. Rajeev Chaudhry, MD, assistant professor of Urology and clinical director of the Division of Pediatric Urology at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh was the senior author of the study.