Riley Hospital Physician Edits Textbook To Be Used Worldwide

INDIANAPOLIS -- Richard Rink, M.D., director of pediatric urology at Riley Hospital for Children has edited a new major textbook, Pediatric Urology.The textbook will be distributed worldwide as the latest comprehensive clinical guide on pediatric urology.

The textbook is intended for use by residents, pediatric urology fellows, general and pediatric urologists, general surgeons who perform some urology procedures and pediatric sub-specialists.

Dr. Rink, the Robert A. Garrett Professor of Pediatric Urologic Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, collaborated with two other physicians, Drs. Pierre Moriquand, director of pediatric urology at Hospital Debrousse in Lyon, France, and John Gearhart, director of pediatric urology at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, several other IU School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children faculty contributed to the 1,050-page textbook.

Dr. Rink and the pediatric urology department at Riley Hospital of Clarian Health are internationally recognized as experts in the specialty. The only four fellowship-trained pediatric urologists in Indiana practice at Riley Hospital. Together, they see more than 8,000 patients and perform nearly 1,600 surgical procedures on infants and children each year.

While most hospitals still use invasive procedures, many minimally invasive procedures have become common practice at Riley. This has resulted in short hospital stays for inpatients, less need for medication, shorter surgery time and reduced complications. Riley pediatric urologists have pioneered several operative procedures.

In addition, the IU Department of Urology is renowned for its training program and is one of 14 accredited fellowships in the United States and Canada, and is considered to be among the three best in North America.

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