Medical Expert - Steve Hodges, MD

Area of Expertise: Pediatric Urology
Area of Expertise: Toilet Training
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Steve Hodges, MD

Assistant Professor Surgical Sciences-Urology

Dr. Hodges is a pediatric urologist who specializes in bedwetting/toilet training for the tot set. His expertise includes hernia, blood in the urine, hypospadias, hydrocele and voiding dysfunction. He has developed an online teaching tool for toileting problems in children (www.homepottytraining.com) and authored a book for consumers on toilet training and voiding dysfunction. His research interests include the prevention of luminal strictures and scar disease throughout the urinary tract and body and dysfunctional elimination. He is an associate editor of Scientific World Journal, and on editorial boards of the Indian Journal of Urology and BMC Urology. Multiple new treatments developed by Hodges have been licensed to startup companies, including drug-coated catheters and stents designed to prevent or treat urethral strictures, and a wipe to prevent urinary tract infections in young girls.

Keywords

toilet training, potty training, pediatric, urology, bedwetting

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