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Laurence S. Baskin, M.D.

Chief of Pediatric Urology

Dr. Laurence S. Baskin is chief of Pediatric Urology and an expert in genital development and reconstructive surgery. He specializes in treating urological conditions in children including hypospadias, urinary tract reconstruction, adolescent varicoceles and genitourinary malignancies. He is the founder of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Hypospadias, a center that focuses on a congenital defect of the penis that results in incomplete development of the penile urethra.

Baskin earned a medical degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, followed by general surgery training and residency at UCSF Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in pediatric urology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has participated in humanitarian surgical trips to San Pedro Sula, Honduras and Saigon, Vietnam. He is the primary author on more than 200 research articles and is editor of the Handbook of Pediatric Urology and Hinman's Atlas of Pediatric Urologic Surgery. He is the president of the Society of Pediatric Urology; an active member the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Urological Association; he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; and past president of the Society of Fetal Urology and Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons.

Clinics

Continence Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite 610
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2200

Disorders of Sex
Development Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite 610
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2200

Spina Bifida Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-3899

Urology Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite 610
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2200

Vesicoureteral Reflux Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Suite 610
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-2200

Conditions & Treatments

More about Laurence S. Baskin

Education

UCLA Medical Center 1986

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Urology 1991

Fellowships

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Urology 1993

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Rodriguez E, Weiss DA, Ferretti M, Wang H, Menshenia J, Risbridger G, Handelsman D, Cunha G, Baskin L. Specific morphogenetic events in mouse external genitalia sex differentiation are responsive/dependent upon androgens and/or estrogens. Differentiation. 2012 Oct; 84(3):269-79.
  2. Choudhry S, Deshpande A, Qiao L, Beckman K, Sen S, Baskin LS. Genome-wide DNA Methylation Profiling of CpG Islands in Hypospadias. J Urol. 2012 Oct; 188(4 Suppl):1450-6.
  3. Blaschko SD, Cunha GR, Baskin LS. Molecular mechanisms of external genitalia development. Differentiation. 2012 Oct; 84(3):261-8.
  4. Shive ML, Baskin LS, Harris CR, Bonham M, Mackenzie JD. Ureteral fibroepithelial polyp causing urinary obstruction. J Radiol Case Rep. 2012 Jul; 6(7):23-8.
  5. Hsieh MH, Eisenberg ML, Hittelman AB, Wilson JM, Tasian GE, Baskin LS. Caucasian male infants and boys with hypospadias exhibit reduced anogenital distance. Hum Reprod. 2012 Jun; 27(6):1577-80.
  6. Qiao L, Rodriguez E, Weiss DA, Ferretti M, Risbridger G, Cunha GR, Baskin LS. Expression of estrogen receptor alpha and beta is decreased in hypospadias. J Urol. 2012 Apr; 187(4):1427-33.
  7. Qiao L, Tasian GE, Zhang H, Cao M, Ferretti M, Cunha GR, Baskin LS. Androgen receptor is overexpressed in boys with severe hypospadias, and ZEB1 regulates androgen receptor expression in human foreskin cells. Pediatr Res. 2012 Apr; 71(4 Pt 1):393-8.
  8. Baskin L. Editorial comment. J Urol. 2012 Feb; 187(2):680-1.
  9. Tasian GE, Copp HL, Baskin LS. Diagnostic imaging in cryptorchidism: utility, indications, and effectiveness. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Dec; 46(12):2406-13.
  10. Kalfa N, Cassorla F, Audran F, Oulad Abdennabi I, Philibert P, Béroud C, Guys JM, Reynaud R, Alessandrini P, Wagner K, Bréaud J, Valla JS, Morisson Lacombe G, Daures JP, Baskin L, Fukami M, Ogata T, Sultan C. Polymorphisms of MAMLD1 gene in hypospadias. J Pediatr Urol. 2011 Dec; 7(6):585-91.
  11. Baskin L. Editorial comment. J Urol. 2011 Nov; 186(5):2054-5.
  12. Rodriguez E, Weiss DA, Yang JH, Menshenina J, Ferretti M, Cunha TJ, Barcellos D, Chan LY, Risbridger G, Cunha GR, Baskin LS. New insights on the morphology of adult mouse penis. Biol Reprod. 2011 Dec; 85(6):1216-21.
  13. Weiss DA, Rodriguez E, Cunha T, Menshenina J, Barcellos D, Chan LY, Risbridger G, Baskin L, Cunha G. Morphology of the external genitalia of the adult male and female mice as an endpoint of sex differentiation. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2012 May 6; 354(1-2):94-102.
  14. Qiao L, Tasian GE, Zhang H, Cunha GR, Baskin L. ZEB1 is estrogen responsive in vitro in human foreskin cells and is over expressed in penile skin in patients with severe hypospadias. J Urol. 2011 May; 185(5):1888-93.
  15. Baskin LS. Editorial comment. J Urol. 2011 May; 185(5):1850.
  16. Yiee JH, Betts J, Baskin LS. Ovarian pathology for the pediatric urologist. Urology. 2011 Jun; 77(6):1455-9.
  17. Kalfa N, Philibert P, Baskin LS, Sultan C. Hypospadias: interactions between environment and genetics. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2011 Mar 30; 335(2):89-95.
  18. Auchus RJ, Witchel SF, Leight KR, Aisenberg J, Azziz R, Bachega TA, Baker LA, Baratz AB, Baskin LS, Berenbaum SA, Breault DT, Cerame BI, Conway GS, Eugster EA, Fracassa S, Gearhart JP, Geffner ME, Harris KB, Hurwitz RS, Katz AL, Kalro BN, Lee PA, Alger Lin G, Loechner KJ, Marshall I, Merke DP, Migeon CJ, Miller WL, Nenadovich TL, Oberfield SE, Pass KA, Poppas DP, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Quigley CA, Riepe FG, Rink RC, Rivkees SA, Sandberg DE, Schaeffer TL, Schlussel RN, Schneck FX, Seely EW, Snyder D, Speiser PW, Therrell BL, Vanryzin C, Vogiatzi MG, Wajnrajch MP, White PC, Zuckerman AE. Guidelines for the Development of Comprehensive Care Centers for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Guidance from the CARES Foundation Initiative. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010; 2010:275213.
  19. Tasian G, Baskin L. Editorial comment. J Urol. 2011 Jan; 185(1):274.
  20. Yiee JH, Baskin LS. Use of internal stent, external transanastomotic stent or no stent during pediatric pyeloplasty: a decision tree cost-effectiveness analysis. J Urol. 2011 Feb; 185(2):673-80.

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