The Institute for Pediatric Urology (E 68th, Suite F-935, F-918)
525 East 68th Street
Suite F-935, F-918
New York, NY 10065
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About Ardavan Akhavan, M.D.
As the former Director of Pediatric Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Dr. Akhavan is one of the country's most experienced pediatric robotic surgeons. With robotic surgery, Dr. Akhavan strives to optimize patient outcomes while minimizing discomfort, length of hospitalization, and time to return to normal activities. While Dr. Akhavan offers both minimally invasive and open surgery options for all disorders of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and genitals, Dr. Akhavan has particular expertise in robotic surgery for infants and children with disorders associated with hydronephrosis, including vesicoureteral reflux and ureteropelvic junction obstruc...
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Urology
Expertise
- Androgen Insensitivity
- Balanitis
- Balanoposthitis
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Diverticulum
- Bladder Exstrophy
- Bladder Mass
- Bladder Stone
- Blood in the Urine
- Buried Penis
- Caliceal Divierticulum
- Caliectasis
- Chordee
- Circumcision (Children > 6 Months)
- Circumcision Complication
- Circumcision In Newborn
- Cloacal Anomaly
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Crooked Penis
- Duplex Kidney
- Enlarged Clitoris
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Extra Foreskin
- Foreskin Problem
- Hematuria
- Horseshoe Kidney
- Hutch Diverticulum
- Hydrocele
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydroureter
- Hypospadias
- Imperforate Anus
- Imperforate Hymen
- Incomplete Circumcision
- Inguinal Hernia
- Kidney Mass
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Trauma/Injury
- Kidney Tumor
- Kleinfelter Syndrome
- Labial Adhesion
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Meatal Stenosis
- Megaureter
- Micropenis
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
- Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Mullerian Remnant
- Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Ovarian Cyst
- Ovotesticular Disorder
- Partial Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Pelvic Kidney
- Pelviectasis
- Penile Adhesions
- Penile Cyst
- Penile Lesion
- Penile Rash
- Penile Skin Bridge
- Penile Torsion
- Penile Trauma/Injury
- Penis Problem
- Penoscrotal Webbing
- Phimosis
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- Posthitis
- Prostatic Utricle
- Prune Belly Syndrome
- Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Renal Cysts
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Robotic Surgery
- Scrotal Mass
- Scrotal Pain
- Scrotal Trauma/Injury
- Smegma
- Solitary Kidney
- Testicle Mass
- Testicle Problem
- Testicle Torsion
- Testicle Trauma/Injury
- Turner Syndrome
- Twisted Penis
- Undescended Testes
- Undescended Testicle
- Urachus
- Ureteral Stones
- Ureterocele
- Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
- Urethral Stricture
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Urine Spraying
- Urogenital Sinus
- UTI With Fever >101
- Vaginal Bulge
- Vaginal Mass
- Varicocele
- Vesicoureteral Reflux
- Webbed Penis
- Wilms Tumor
Education
- Degrees: Columbia College-Columbia University
- Degrees: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Urologist
- Assistant Professor of Urology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital
Education
- Degrees: Columbia College-Columbia University
- Degrees: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Urologist
- Assistant Professor of Urology
Board Certifications
- pediatric urology
Languages Spoken
- english