Overview
Dr. Close is a board-certified fellowship-trained pediatric urologist with extensive clinical and surgical expertise in congenital and acquired genitourinary problems. Her practice focuses on providing a comforting, healing environment for the diagnosis and treatment of urologic conditions in children ranging from prenatal development to age eighteen. After completing her Pediatric Urology Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital she worked in private practice and then served as Chief of Pediatric Urology at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. She is internationally recognized for her research and writing on congenital bladder outlet obstruction and alternate methods of bladder augmentation. Her surgical expertise includes penile malformations- chordee and hypospadias, hydroceles, undescended testes, posterior urethral valves, vesicoureteral reflux and ureteroceles. Dr. Close has received a 5 star rating from US News and World report and was named Parent’s Top Choice because of her willingness to make time for patients, her ability to answer questions with clear explanations and the parents’ perception of patient outcomes. She is a member of The Society for Pediatric Urology, The European Society for Pediatric Urology, The American Academy of Pediatrics and The American College of Surgeons. Outside the hospital Dr. Close loves tennis, birding, and piano.
Dr. Close is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hypospadias, Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens, Undescended Testicle, and Leydig Cell Hypoplasia.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1101 Madison Street, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98104
13020 Meridian Avenue South, Everett, WA 98208
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Close has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens
- HypospadiasDr. Close isAdvanced. Learn about Hypospadias.
- Undescended TesticleDr. Close isAdvanced. Learn about Undescended Testicle.
- Experienced
- HerniaDr. Close isExperienced. Learn about Hernia.
- Leydig Cell HypoplasiaDr. Close isExperienced. Learn about Leydig Cell Hypoplasia.
- Urinary Tract Infection in ChildrenDr. Close isExperienced. Learn about Urinary Tract Infection in Children.