Dr. Richard Ian Silver M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
1703 Genesee St Utica NY, 13501About
Dr. Richard Silver practices Pediatric Urology in New Hartford, NY. 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. Silver is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Silver 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 Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1989
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)
- Kidney Stones
- Urinary Incontinence
- Enlarged Prostate
- Birth Defects
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Varicocele
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