Dr. Andrew H Hwang M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
653 N TOWN CENTER DR LAS VEGAS NV, 89144About
Dr. Andrew Hwang practices Pediatric Urology in Las Vegas, NV. 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. Hwang is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Hwang 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.
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- 2004
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dual-modality imaging of function and physiology.
- The management of old urethral injury in young girls: analysis of 44 cases.
- Risk factors for short- and long-term survival of primary cadaveric renal allografts in pediatric recipients: a UNOS analysis.
- Penile torsion repair by suturing tunica albuginea to the pubic periosteum.
- Giant prostatic utricle associated with proximal hypospadias: repair by mucosa divesting and muscular tunnel obliteration.
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital of San Diego / San Diego, CA, Peds, Urology 2001
- National Inst. of Transplantation / Los Angeles 2002
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