Dr. Charles Edwin Horton M.D.
Urologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Urology
601 Childrens Lane Childrens Surgical S Norfolk VA, 23507About
Dr. Charles Horton practices Pediatric Urology in Norfolk, 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. Horton is a surgeon who diagnoses, treats, and manages voiding disorders, vesicoureteral reflux, and urinary tract infections that require surgery. Some procedures that Dr. Horton 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 1983
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU- Pediatric Urology
Provider Details
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Urinary Incontinence
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
- Varicocele
- Inguinal Hernia
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