When you have a urologic or kidney problem, you want the very best medical team on your side—one with unsurpassed expertise, vast experience and mastery of today’s most advanced treatments. We have the largest number of urologists with minimally invasive surgical fellowships in a urology practice in the state.
That’s exactly what you’ll find at the Tallwood Urology and Kidney Institute at Hartford Hospital. Tallwood’s urologists and nephrologists (kidney doctors) are recognized leaders in their fields. Many pioneered treatments that have become the gold standard of care nationwide. Best of all, these gifted, caring professionals work together seamlessly to ensure fully integrated medical and surgical management of all urologic and kidney disorders.
Through our Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), Hartford Hospital provides the only minimally invasive training center in New England using the da Vinci robot. This means that surgeons from hospitals across the country are trained in all types of robotic surgery, including urologic robotic surgery, by Hartford Hospital’s physicians and CESI staff.
We perform the largest number of robotic:
- Prostatectomies in the State of Connecticut
- Partial nephrectomies in New England
- Cystectomies (bladder removal) in New England
Urology and Kidney Conditions Treated at Hartford Hospital
- Male Urinary Incontinence
- Female Urinary Retention
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Prostate Disease
(prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia)
- Male Infertility
- Female Infertility
- Congenital Urologic Conditions
- Lithotripsy
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- Ureteroscopic stone removal
- Percutaneous nephrostomy
- Pelvic Disorders
- Urologic Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Testes Cancer
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Urology and Kidney Services Provided at Hartford Hospital
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Robotic Prostatectomies
- Robotic Partial Nephrectomies
- Robotic Cystectomies (Bladder Removal)
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- Lithotripsy
- Ureteroscopic stone removal
- Percutaneous nephrostomy
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