Hrair-George O. Mesrobian, MD     

Titles
Pediatric urologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Urology, section chief, Pediatric Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Urology

Research interests
Cell and developmental biology, congenital renal anomalies, kidney disease/urological disorders.

Study interests
Bladder exstrophy, cost-effectiveness analysis, decision analysis, hydronephrosis, hypospadias, kidney development, vesicoureteral reflux.

Education
Medical degree, American University of Beirut, 1978; masters of science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2006; residency, University of California in San Francisco, 1983; fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., 1984.

Certifications
American Board of Urology, 1986, 1994, 2004.

Honors
Top Physicians in the U.S., 2005; Guide to Top Doctors: Center for Study of Services, Washington, DC.

Representative publications:  

• Mesrobian H-G O. Compensatory Renal Growth Does Occur In The Solitary Kidneys of the Danforth Mice With Genetic Renal Agenesis. Journal of Urology. 1998; 160(1):146-149.

• Mesrobian H-G O, Laud PW, Todd E, Gregg DC. The Normal Kidney Growth Rate in the First Year of Life is Variable and Age Dependent. Journal of Urology. 1998; 160:989-993.

• Mesrobian H-G O, Chassaignac J, Laud P. The Presence or Absence of Non-palpable Testes can be Predicted from Clinical Observations Alone. British Journal of Urology. 2002; 90:97-99.

• Mesrobian H-G O. Urologic Anomalies in the Newborn. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2004; 51:1051-1062.

• Brandes B, Mesrobian H-G O. Evaluation and Management of Genital Anomalies in Two Patients with Klinefelter's Syndrome and Review of Literature. Urology. 2005; 65(5):976-979.

• Mesrobian H-G O. The Value of a Marker of Disease Progression in the Evaluation of Newborns and Infants with Ureteropelvic Junction Disease: A Cost-effectiveness Approach. Journal of Urology,

• Byrd GF, Lawatsch EJ, Mesrobian H-G O, Begun F, Langenstroer P. Laparoscopic Cryoablation of Renal Angiomyolipoma. Journal of Urology. (in press).

Grants

• The Significance of the Abdominal Skill Reflex Threshold in Newborns and Infants with Prenatally Detected Hydronephrosis Secondary to Ureteropelvic Junction Disease, Children's Research Institute, principal investigator. 

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 266-3792
Fax: (414) 266-1752
E-mail: hmesrobi@mcw.edu