Dr. Frank R Cerniglia M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
1514 JEFFERSON HWY NEW ORLEANS LA, 70121About
Dr. Frank Cerniglia practices Pediatric Urology in Richmond, VA. 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. Cerniglia is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Cerniglia 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
Louisiana State Univ School Of Medicine In New Orleans 1982
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
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