The Continence and Retraining Elimination clinic is similar to the clinics that have recently developed at major pediatric centers throughout the country.  Typically these dysfunctional elimination clinics focus on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of abnormal bladder and bowel function in children. The typical diagnoses and problems treated include:

                  toilet training                            frequency                           urgency                           hesitancy

                  incontinence                            bedwetting                         dysuria                            urinary tract infections

                  constipation                             encopresis                         abdominal pain               microscopic hematuria 

In our C.A.R.E. clinic, pediatric urologists and pediatric urology nurse practitioners will work together on the care of the patient.  Our goal is to avoid unnecessary invasive testing and surgical procedures.  Ultimately we wish to establish a pattern and lifestyle  conducive to excellent bladder and bowel function throughout each child's lifetime.  The C.A.R.E. clinic is a center of excellence that will continue to provide the highest quality of care for children and adolescents with bladder and bowel dysfunction.