Northwestern Medicine Urology Program
The Northwestern Medicine Urology Program offers leading-edge, personalized care using a comprehensive approach to the evaluation and management of urologic cancers and benign urologic conditions. The program ranks amongst the nation’s most experienced and is a destination for those requiring specialized urologic care, including second opinions.
Services
The Northwestern Medicine Urology Program provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, including state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment capabilities for men, women and adolescents. Our goal is to achieve superior results for our patients and improve their overall quality of life.
Schedule a Telehealth Visit
Our experts see many urologic conditions via telehealth (virtual) appointments. To schedule one, please call your physician’s office. Learn more about telehealth at Northwestern Medicine.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the No. 1 hospital in Illinois for 13 straight years (tie), and the Urology Program is nationally recognized, per U.S. News & World Report, 2024 – 2025. These rankings reflect our team’s dedication to excellence and the results we strive to achieve for our patients.
Meet the Teams
Areas of Care
Conditions
- Adrenal Cancer
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Bladder and Cloacal Exstrophy
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Stones
- Cancer of the Prostate
- Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes
- Congenital Urinary Tract Anomalies
- Differences of Sexual Development
- Ejaculatory Disorders
- Enlarged Prostate
- Epispadias
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Fistula
- Hypogonadism
- Hypospadias
- Incontinence
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Stones
- Klinefelter's Syndrome
- Low Testosterone
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Male Infertility
- Neurogenic Bladder and Bowel
- Overactive Bladder
- Pediatric Genitourinary Cancer
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Penile Cancer
- Peyronie's Disease
- Posterior Urethral Valves
- Prostate Cancer
- Prune Belly Syndrome (Eagle Barrett Syndrome)
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Spina Bifida
- Testicular Cancer
- Ureteral Anomalies
- Ureteral Obstruction
- Ureteropelvic Junction
- Urethral Diverticulum
- Urethral Stricture
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Varicocele
- Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
- Wilms Tumor
Treatments and Procedures
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter
- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Treatment
- Biofeedback therapy for incontinence
- Botox (Onabotulinum toxin A)
- Brachytherapy
- Chemotherapy - Urologic
- Cryoablation of the Prostate
- Cystectomy
- Cystoscopy
- Focal Therapy
- Genetic Testing
- GreenLight Laser TURP
- Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP)
- Hormone Therapy for Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Lithotripsy
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
- Neobladder
- Nephrectomy
- Orchiectomy
- Penile Prosthesis
- Penile Reconstruction
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Prostate biopsy
- Rezum
- Robotic Prostatectomy
- Sacral Nerve Stimulation
- Semen Analysis
- Shockwave Therapy
- SpaceOAR Hydrogel
- Sperm Banking
- Sperm extraction
- Testosterone Replacement Therapy
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
- Ureteroscopy
- Urethral reconstruction
- Urodynamic Testing
- Varicocelectomy
- Vasectomy
- Vasectomy Reversal
- Xiaflex Injection
Clinical Research
Clinical trials are research studies that help find new and better ways to prevent and treat diseases. Visit the Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute website to learn about trials for urologic cancers and the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Urology website to learn about trials for urologic conditions. Talk with your physician to decide if a clinical trial is right for you.