HansPohlMD

Urology • Washington, DC

Pediatric Urology

Chief, Division of Urology Professor of Urology and Pediatrics, George Washington University

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Office
111 Michigan Ave NW
Urology
Washington, DC 20010
Phone+1 202-476-2681

Fax+1 202-476-4739

Summary

Hans Pohl, MD, based in Washington, D.C., is a urologist specializing in pediatric urology. He completed his education and residency training at George Washington University, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School. His experience includes urinary tract infections, pediatric urology, minimally invasive pediatric urology, and more. Dr. Pohl has been employed in various roles at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, Children's National Hospital, and Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. He has contributed significantly to the medical literature and is involved in clinical trials studying urinary symptoms and genetic risk factors in acute pyelonephritis, among other conditions. Various platforms have recognized him as a top doctor in the field, and his contribution to Urology academia has also been acknowledged.

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital//Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Pediatric Urology, 2000 - 2002
George Washington UniversityResidency, Urology, 1994 - 1998
George Washington UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1994
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1992
University of California, San DiegoB.A., Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 1984 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

DC State Medical License 1997 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2002 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1998 - 2025
American Board of Urology Urology
American Board of Urology Pediatric Urology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors:Washington DC Area Castle Connolly, 2012-2022
Top Doctors Northern Virginia Magazine, 2009-2022
Urology Residency Teaching Excellence GWU, 2008, 2022
Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2008-2022
Academic Keys, Who's Who in Academia, Urology 2008-2022
Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore Castle Connolly, 2012
Guide to America's Top Urologists 2009, 2011
First Place Recipient National Kidney Foundaation Fellows Research Forum, 2008
Teaching Excellence Award George Washington University, Department of Urology, 2008, 2013
Scholars Award Pfizer, 1998
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
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Clinical Trials

Corticosteroids for Children With Febrile Urinary Tract Infections Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
Impact of Probiotics on Urinary Symptoms in Spinal Cord Injury SCI and SB Start of enrollment: 2016 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bacterial and Host Genetic Risk Factors in Acute Pyelonephritis Start of enrollment: 2014 Nov 01
Withdrawn

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Initial puncture vs observational management of ureteroceles.
H Gil Rushton, Hans Pohl
Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025-03-02
Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections.
Nicole A Belko, Hans G Pohl
The Urologic Clinics of North America. 2024-11-01
Objective sonographic measurements of renal pelvic diameter and renal parenchymal thickness can identify renal hypofunction and poor drainage in patients with antenata...
Aaron J Krill, Jane S Kim, Hassan A Aboughalia, Briony K Varda, Victor Kucherov
Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2024-10-01

Journal Articles

What Factors Influence Parental Decisions to Participate in Clinical Research: Consenters versus Non-consenters
Hoberman A, et al., AMA Pediatr, 1/1/2013
The Top-Down Approach to the Evaluation of UTI in Children
Pohl HG and Belman AB, Advances in Urology, 1/1/2009
Incidence of Post-pyelonephritic Renal Scarring: A Meta-analysis of the Dimercapto-succinic Acid Literature
Faust WC, Diaz M, Pohl HG, J Urol, 1/1/2009
Febrile Urinary Tract Infections in Children with an Early Negative Voiding Cystourethrogram after Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux with Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid
Sedberry-Ross S, Rice DC, Pohl HG, Belman AB, Majd M, Rushton HG, J Urol, 10/1/2008
Tubularized Urethral Replacement with Unseeded Matrices: What Is the Maximum Distance for Normal Tissue Regeneration?
Dorin RP, Pohl HG, De Filippo RE, Yoo JJ, Atala A., World J Urol, 8/1/2008
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Sedberry-Ross S, Pohl HG, Current Clinics in Urology, 1/1/2008
The Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urinary Tract Infection in Children
Faust W and Pohl HG, Current Concepts in Urology, 1/1/2008
Safety and Efficacy of Intratesticular Injection of Vital Dyes for Lymphatic Preservation during Varicocelectomy
Makari JH, Atalla MA, Belman AB, Rushton HG, Kumar S, Pohl HG, J Urol, 9/1/2007
Vesicoureteral Reflux and Ureteroceles
Pohl HG, Joyce GF, Wise M, Cilento BG Jr., J Urol, 5/1/2007
Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias
Pohl HG, Joyce GF, Wise M, Cilento BG Jr, J Urol, 5/1/2007
Indications for Nonoperative Management of Ureteroceles
Han MY, Gibbons MD, Belman AB, Pohl HG, Majd M, Rushton HG, J Urol, 10/1/2005
Propagation, Expansion, and Multilineage Differentiation of Human Somatic Stem Cells from Dermal Progenitors
Bartsch G, Yoo JJ, De Coppi P, Siddiqui MM, Schuch G, Pohl HG, Fuhr J, Perin L, Soker S, Atala A, Stem Cells Dev, 6/1/2005
Prepubertal Testis Tumors: Actual Prevalence Rate of Histological Types
Pohl HG, Shukla AR, Metcalf PD, Cilento BG, Retik AB, Bagli DJ, Huff DS, Rushton HG, J Urol, 12/1/2004
Two-Stage Hypospadias Repair: Historical Perspectives and Current Practice
Pohl HG, Atala A, and Retik AB, AUA Update Series, 1/1/2004
Use of a Colon Based Tubularized Flap for an Antegrade Continence Enema
Diamond DA, Pohl HG, J Urol, 1/1/2003
The Outcome of Voiding Dysfunction Managed with Clean Intermittent Catheterization in Neurologically and Anatomically Normal Children
Pohl HG, Bauer SB, Borer JG, Diamond DA, Kelly MD, Grant R, Briscoe CJ, Doonan G, Retik AB, BJU Int, 6/1/2002
The Insulin-3 Gene: Lack of a Genetic Basis for Human Cryptorchidism
Baker LA, Nef S, Nguyen MT, Stapleton R, Nordenskjold A, Pohl H, Parada LF, J Urol, 6/1/2002
Parental Preferences in the Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux
Ogan K, Pohl HG, Carlson D, Belman AB, Rushton HG, J Urol, 7/1/2001
Early Diuresis Renogram Findings Predict Success following Pyeloplasty
Pohl HG, Rushton HG, Park JS, Belman AB, Majd M, J Urol, 6/1/2001
Acute Pyelonephritis: Comparison of Diagnosis with 99mTc-DMSA, SPECT, Spiral CT, MR Imaging, and Power Doppler US in an Experimental Pig Model
Majd M, Nussbaum Blask AR, Markle BM, Shalaby-Rana E, Pohl HG, Park JS, Chandra R, Rais-Bahrami K, Pandya N, Patel KM, Rushton HG, Radiology, 1/1/2001
Adjunctive Oral Corticosteroids Reduce Renal Scarring: The Piglet Model of Reflux and Acute Experimental Pyelonephritis
Pohl HG, Rushton HG, Park JS, Chandra R, Majd M, J Urol, 9/1/1999
The Diagnosis and Management of Acute Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Pohl HG and Rushton HG, AUA Update Series, 1/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Uncommon Cancer
Chapter: Uncommon Pediatric Genitourinary Tumors
Bambach B, Pohl HG, and Dome JSEditors: Raghavan, Blanke, Johnson, Moots, Reaman, Rose and Sekeres.Edition 4th,2012
Textbook of Pediatric Urology
Chapter: Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Sherry Sedberry-Ross, MD, Hans G. Pohl, MD, and H. Gil Rushton, MDEditors: Richard R Grady, MD.2011
Clinical Pediatric Nephrology
Chapter: Voiding Disorders
Hans G. Pohl, MD, and C. Gerry HendersonEditors: Kanwal K. Kher, MD, FAAP, Sudesh P. Makker, MD, FAAP, and H. William Schnaper, MD, FAAP.Edition 2nd,2005
Glenn's Urologic Surgery
Chapter: Augmentation Cystoplasty in Children
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Pub.Edition 6th,2004
Methods of Tissue Engineering
Chapter: Cell-Based Therapies for Bulking Agents
Hans G. Pohl, MD and Anthony Atala, MDEditors: Anthony Atala, MD and Robert P. Lanza, MD.2002
Dialogues in Pediatric Urology
Chapter: Testicular Position in Cryptorchidism
Pohl HG, Belman ABEditors: Dennis Peppas, guest ed., Richard M. Ehrlich, ed..1997
Clinical Pediatric Urology
Chapter: Urinary Tract Infections in Children
H. Gil Rushton, MD, FAAP and Hans G. Pohl, MDEditors: A. Barry Belman, MD, Lowell R. King, MD, and Stephen A. Kramer, MD.Edition 4th,
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Lectures

Current Concepts in the Managemen of Ureteroceles
Colegio Mexicano de Urologia Nacional, A. C, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1/1/2014
Two-stage Hypospadias Repair
Colegio Mexicano de Urologia Nacional, A. C, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1/1/2014
AUA VUR Guidelines Update
Colegio Mexicano de Urologia Nacional, A. C, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1/1/2014
Evaluation of Hydronephrosis: The Use of Diuresis Renography
Colegio Mexicano de Urologia Nacional, A. C, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1/1/2014
Evaluation of Febrile UTI in Children
Colegio Mexicano de Urologia Nacional, A. C, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - 1/1/2014
Outcome of Dilating Vesicoureteral Reflux in Infants in a Conservative Management Protocol
1/1/2013
Clinical and Scientific Advances in Urinary Tract Infections
Columbus Children's Hospital, OH - 1/1/2013
AAP Guidelines on UTI: A Pediatric Urologists Perspective
Alexandria, VA - 1/1/2012
UTI: Evolving Concepts and New Directions
Dept of Pediatrics, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA - 1/1/2009
Pediatric Urology for the Pediatrician: What Are We Doing Now?
Washington DC - 1/1/2009
Vesicoureteral Reflux
Urologia Pediatrica de Clase Mundial, Leon, Mexico - 1/1/2009
Voiding Disorders in Children
Urologia Pediatrica de Clase Mundial, Leon, Mexico - 1/1/2009
A Prenatally Detected Bladder Mass
10/1/2008
Early Collagen Deposition in Experimental Acute Pyelonephritis
6/1/2008
What is the "Proper" Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection?
Orlando, Florida - 1/1/2008
Point-Counterpoint: The Role of PIC Cystography in the Diagnosis of Vesicoureteral Reflux
San Francisco, California - 1/1/2007
Current Concepts and Controversies in Vesicoureteral Management, Grand Rounds
Children's National Medical Center - 1/1/2007
Febrile Urinary Tract Infections in Children with an Early Negative Voiding Cystourethrogram after Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux with Dextranomer/Hyaluronic Acid
1/1/2007
Update on UTI's in Children: The Top-Down Approach
INOVA Alexandria Hospital, Department of Pediatrics - 1/1/2006
UTI, Grand Rounds
Children's National Medical Center, Dept of Pediatrics - 1/1/2005
Voiding Dysfunction
INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children - 1/1/2005
The Abnormal Perineum, Grand Rounds
Children's National Medical Center - 1/1/2005
Update on Vesicoureteral Reflux
Cambridge, MD - 10/1/2004
Quality of Life Assessment in Spina Bifida Adults: Discordant Findings May Reflect Reduced Expectations for Urinary Continence
1/1/2004
Prepubertal Testis Tumors: Actual Prevalence Rate of Histologic Types
1/1/2003
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