Dr. Paul Howard Smith M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
500 UNIVERSITY DR HERSHEY PA, 17033About
Dr. Paul Smith practices Pediatric Urology in HERSHEY, PA. 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. Smith is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Smith 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
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 2009
Provider Details
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- Birth Defects
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