Seeking Pediatric Urologist for My Son's Hypospadius

Hi,

We worked with Dr. Stephen Nold through Central DuPage Hospital. He did my son's hypospadius and has helped my other 2 sons. I know he has 3 different offices but I didn't know what town you were looking at. Good luck!

My son also goes to Dr Smith of DuPage Medical Group. He has not had surgery yet, but it will be something that I know will be discussed at our appointment in August. My son has vesicoureteral reflux and Dr. Smith was the doctor our ped. brought in when my son was hospitalized.

Hi D.,
We took our son to Dr. Hatch when he was 9 months old for the hypospadius surgery and it went wonderfully well! I was a nervous wreck (first child & first surgery) but Dr. Hatch was very gentle with him and he explained everything to us really well. We took our son back to Dr. Hatch for another surgery when he was 2, totally unrelated to the hypospadius. My son is 7 now and hasn't had any other problems since the surgery. My only complaint about the staff at the Loyola surgery center in Oakbrook was, they kinked his IV line and he wasn't getting any pain medication when he woke up so he was screaming and thrashing around and it took the staff a long time to figure out what was wrong. FYI...kids can be really upset when they wake up and can throw up in the car from being put under. I would highly recommend Dr. Hatch. hope this helps!

D. L.

Hi D.,
I'm a nurse in outpatient surgery at Childrens and if you saw Dr. Cheng at children's he is excellent. Also if you want another opinion..Dr. John Houston at children's is a wonderful person and actually gives his cell phone number out to parents if they need to speak to him (esp. after surgery). Dr. Houston goes to the Children's satellite facility in Tinley Park on 159th. Hope this is helpful. C. E

D.,
my son did not have hypospadius but another condition and my sons pediatric urologist was dr. craig smith, through dupage medical. we really liked him. however i did get a second opinion with dr. hatch. but we felt more confident with dr.smiths approach. i have heard of dr. chang and my friend was pleased with results. get as many opinions as you need to feel confident in your decesion! good luck!

I have not gone thru hypospadius but we did see Dr. Earl Chang and children's memorial for my son's surgery. We saw him in the Westchester/Oak Brook location. The entire staff their was excellent. Dr. change is very good and has great bedside manners. Good Luck to you!!

Dr. Chang operated on our son. (Hernia repair) I highly recommend him and the Children's staff.

HI D.,

My son had hypospadias repair with Dr. Craig Smith with the Dupage Medical Group. The surgery was a success. He provided excellent compassionate care, and I think he is a good surgeon. He answered all my questions with patience, and I had a lot of questions. I was scared to have my babay go through a surgery.

I researched him a little before we went to see him and he has actaully taught pediatric urology or something. I was impressed with his background. He is certified in pediatrics and urology. This was a comfort to me.

Also, he does hypospadias repair about once a week he told me, so I felt like becasue he does the surgery often, he would be better at it.
If we ever had to deal with hypospadias repair again, I would go back to him.

Good luck D.. There is a Dr. Anthony or Antonio S? that does surgery through children's that I have heard excellent things about, too. He has an office around westchester.

Good luck!

K.

Hi D. -
I just got this number from my husbands urologist. I have not seen him yet. He is in Oak Lawn and Orland. His name is Dr. Noeld (sp ?) and his number is ###-###-####. Good Luck. If you choose to see this doctor, I would to hear how you like him.

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R.