Jack S Elder, MD

Jack S Elder, MD
Division of Pediatric Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street WRN 11 Boston, MA 02114
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Jack S Elder, MD

Jack S. Elder, M.D., FACS, is Chief of Pediatric Urology, Mass General. Dr. Elder received an M.D. with distinction from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and was Vice President of Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed general surgery training at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a residency in urology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Elder completed a pediatric urology fellowship at Johns Hopkins and at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was Director of Pediatric Urology at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital for 21 years, and tenured Carter Kissell Professor of Urology at Case Western University School of Medicine. Subsequently, Dr. Elder was appointed Chief of Urology and Chief of Pediatric Urology, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.

Dr. Elder was the Pediatric Urology Section Editor of The Journal of Urology from 1998-2007. Currently, he is on the editorial board of European Urology, Pediatric Surgery International, BJU International, Annals of Urology, Clinical Urology, and International Scholarly Research Notices. Dr. Elder served as President of the Society for Pediatric Urology and the American Academy of Pediatric Urologists. He was the Chairman of the first American Urological Association Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Guidelines Committee, which published their recommendations in 1997, and was the facilitator of the second AUA Reflux Guidelines Committee, which published updated recommendations in 2010. He also is the Section Head, Pediatric Urology, AUA Online Robotic Surgery Handbook and is an annual reviewer for the European Association of Urology Paediatric Urology Guidelines. Dr. Elder has been Visiting Professor or Visiting Surgeon at 56 institutions and international medical centers. Dr. Elder has > 160 peer-reviewed publications, edited or authored 6 books, and 148 book chapters, and writes the pediatric urology section of the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
Primary Specialty

Pediatric Urologist

Gender Male
Services Jack S Elder, MD provides pediatric urology in Boston, MA. A Pediatric Urologist treats issues related to the urinary tracts of children. A pediatric urologist usually treats infections and other related problems.

Please call Division of Pediatric Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital at (617) 724-5631 to schedule an appointment in Boston, MA or to get more information.
Additional Services hypospadias, enuresis, hydronephrosis, undescended testis, inguinal hernia, hydrocele, testicular disorders
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