Dr. Lauren F. Damle

Mendel Tuchman is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Tuchman is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Urea Cycle Disorders (UCD).

Michael Hsieh, MD, PhD, is a urologist at Children's National Hospital. Dr. Hsieh has experience in laparoscopic and robotic surgery for urologic conditions and specializes in bladder diseases affecting children and young adults. He is board-certified in urology and holds the certificate of added qualification in pediatric urology. Dr. Hsieh was recruited to Children’s National and the George Washington University to serve as Director of Transitional Urology. This joint venture is the East Coast's first clinical program dedicated to the care of adolescents and young adults with congenital urologic disorders. Many of these patients have chronic cystitis and are at increased risk of bladder cancer, diseases which dovetail with Dr. Hsieh’s research interests. Dr. Hsieh also is the Director of Research for the Division of Urology and the Associate Director for Science at the Sheik Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. He runs an NIH-funded bladder biology research group. Dr. Hsieh has been a Recognized Doctor on the Healthgrades Honor Roll and Best Doctors in America. He has been featured several times in the New York Times for his work in robotic surgery and bladder inflammation. He attended Stanford University and returned to the East Coast for medical school at Thomas Jefferson University. During medical school, Dr. Hsieh also obtained a PhD in immunology and afterwards began exploring what would eventually become his long-term interest – the role of bladder inflammation in urinary tract infections and development of bladder cancer. He completed his urology residency training at the University of California San Francisco and pediatric urology fellowship training at Texas Children’s Hospital. As a pediatric urology fellow, Dr. Hsieh began studying how the commensal microbiome (the collection of naturally occurring, non-pathogenic bacteria in and on our bodies) may prevent urinary tract infections. Following fellowship training, he was an Assistant Professor at Stanford University, where he founded an NIH-funded research group focused on bladder inflammation, urinary tract infections and bladder cancer. Dr. Hsieh was the Administrative Director for Stanford’s Children’s Hospital Prenatal Urology and Minimally Invasive Surgery Programs. Publications Google Scholar|ORCiD. Dr. Hsieh is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Undescended Testicle, Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Trabeculectomy, and Orchiectomy. Dr. Hsieh is board certified in Urology: American Board Of Urology, 2012 and Pediatric Urology: American Board Of Urology, 2012.

Veronica Gomez-Lobo, MD, is an obstetrician gynecologist who specializes in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree from Georgetown University, she completed her internship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and residency at Tufts University. Prior to her recruitment to NICHD, Dr. Gomez-Lobo was the director and fellowship director of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown University and provided care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC), Children’s National Hospital and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She also served as site principal investigator for the National Physician’s Consortium as well as the Disorders of Sex Development-Translational Research Network at Children’s National. She has published and lectured extensively regarding the issues in the field of pediatric gynecology as well as obstetrics and gynecology issues in transplant recipients. She currently serves as senior clinician and director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PAG) Program within NICHD. Her areas of focus include fertility preservation, differences in sex development and congenital anomalies of the reproductive tract. Dr. Gomez-Lobo is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Intersex, Turner Syndrome, Vaginal Agenesis, Oophorectomy, and Intrauterine Device Insertion. Dr. Gomez-Lobo is board certified in Obstetrics And Gynecology: American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, 1995.