Dr. Paul F Austin MD
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
1 Childrens Pl Suite A Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Paul Austin practices Pediatric Urology in Saint Louis, MO. 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. Austin is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Austin 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 Ky Coll of Med, Lexington Ky 1991
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
Provider Details
Treatments
- Kidney Stones
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
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