Igal Silber MD
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
2645 Nido Way Laguna Beach CA, 92651About
Dr. Igal Silber practices Pediatric Urology in Laguna Beach, 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. Silber is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Silber 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.
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Hadassah Medical School 1960
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