John P. Gearhart
Experienced in Neurogenic Bladder

Dr. John P. Gearhart

Pediatrics
601 N Caroline St, 
Baltimore, MD 

Experienced in Neurogenic Bladder
601 N Caroline St, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Dr. John P. Gearhart is a professor of pediatrics and urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His clinical and surgical interests focus on the evaluation and treatment of children born with major congenital birth defects, bladder exstrophy, disorders of sexual development and childhood urinary cancers. Dr. Gearhart received his M.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1975. After an internship in surgery and residencies in surgery and urology at the Medical College of Georgia, he completed a fellowship in pediatric urology at Alder Hey Children's Hospital of the University of Liverpool School of Medicine in 1981. Following two years as a urologist at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, he completed a second fellowship in pediatric urology at Johns Hopkins in 1985 and joined the Johns Hopkins faculty thereafter as an associate professor of pediatric urology. Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Gearhart has been lauded as a pioneer in pediatric urology and reconstructive genitourinary surgery. He has published extensively and has received numerous awards and guest lectureships. He is a member of several national and international professional organizations and is a founding member of the Society of Reconstructive Genitourinary Surgeons.

Dr. Gearhart is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurogenic Bladder. His top areas of expertise are Cloacal Exstrophy, Exstrophy of the Bladder, Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex, Bladder Reconstruction, and Osteotomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 70 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

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Pediatrics
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Urology in MD
Languages Spoken
English
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601 N Caroline St, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-6100

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


109 Total Publications

Response to commentary on "Augmentation cystoplasty and continent catheterizable channels in the bladder exstrophy - epispadias complex: A 20-year experience".
Response to commentary on "Augmentation cystoplasty and continent catheterizable channels in the bladder exstrophy - epispadias complex: A 20-year experience".
Journal: Journal of pediatric urology
Published: May 16, 2025
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Pediatrics

Rubenstein Child Health Building

Baltimore, MD 
 (1.0 miles away)
410-955-6108
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Dr. Ming-Hsien Wang is an associate professor of urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of pediatric urology fellowship. She specializes in pediatric urology, with expertise in the treatment of common urological conditions in children as well as congenital abnormalities. Dr. Wang received her B.S. in biological science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1995 and completed her M.D. at the Tufts University School of Medicine in 1999. After an internship in general surgery at the Mayo Clinic, she completed a residency in radiation oncology at the Thomas Jefferson Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. She then returned to the Mayo Clinic for a research fellowship in urology and biochemistry/molecular biology and conducted a residency in urology at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty after the completion of a clinical fellowship in pediatric urology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interests include genetic mutations in hypospadias, bladder development and long-term outcomes in children with congenital urological disorders. Her clinical interests include conditions such as urinary tract infections, undescended testicles, hypospadias, hydrocele, hernia, varicocele, testicular torsion, kidney, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, bladder and genital anomalies, such as vesicoureteral reflux, neurogenic bladder, genitourinary malignancies and complex urinary reconstruction. Dr. Wang has published extensively and has presented at the national conferences of organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Urologic Association. She is a member of the American Urological Association and the Urology Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and sits on a variety of national and local committees. Dr. Wang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurogenic Bladder. Her top areas of expertise are Duplication of Urethra, Myelomeningocele, Neurogenic Bladder, and Hydrocele.

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