Clinical Focus

• Urology, Pediatric
• Pediatric Urology

Administrative Appointments

• Pediatric Urology Program Director, Stanford University Medical Center (2005 - 2009)
• Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Urology (1995 - 2011)
• Past Chair, American Academy Pediatrics Urology Section (2007 - 2008)
• Past Member, Residency Review Committee (2003 - 2009)
• Past President, American Board of Urology (2006 - 2007)

Honors and Awards

• Top Doctors US News & World Report (Urology), US News & World Report (http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors) (2011)
• America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly (2001- 2010)
• Featured Physician http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_293.html, National Library of Medicine (2003-2005)
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow, Radcliffe Institute Center for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2008-2009)
• Asian American Faculty Award, Stanford University Asian American Association (2008)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Urology
• Pediatric Urology

Community and International Work

• AAP: Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infections, Chicago, IL 
• First International WHO Consultation on Health Care Associated Infections in Urology (HCAIU) 
• Urologic Diseases in America 

Internet Links

• National Library of Medicine web link

Industry Relationships

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Current Research Interests

The interaction between urinary tract pressures and renal tubular and glomerular changes have not been well outlined. Our group has been interested in trying to define risk factors that may be involved in urinary tract obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, and infectious uropathies. We have examined the effects of sex hormones on urinary tract function to better understand their involvement in renal and urinary tract function. We are applying the results of these findings to identify factors that could be markers of renal dysfunction using animal models and imaging parameters. Current work includes:
1. Risk factors to urinary tract and renal function during pregnancy
2. Quantitative imaging parameters and renal function
3. Examination of sex hormones and effect on urinary tract development
4. Hypnosis during urinary tract evaluation (with Dr. David Spiegel)

Publications

• Clinical Decisions: Treatment of a 6-Year-Old Girl with Vesicoureteral Reflux--Repair of the Vesicoureteral Reflux Shortliffe LD, Hoberman A, Alon U. New England Journal of Medicine. 2011; 365 (3): 266-270
• Epidemiologic trends in penile anomalies and hypospadias in the state of California, 1985-2006. Elliott CS, Halpern MS, Paik J, Maldonado Y, Shortliffe LD. J Pediatr Urol. 2011; 7 (3): 294-8
• Trends in hospitalization for pediatric pyelonephritis: a population based study of California from 1985 to 2006. Copp HL, Halpern MS, Maldonado Y, Shortliffe LD. J Urol. 2011; 186 (3): 1028-34
• Compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis in children with vesicoureteral reflux: results from a national pharmacy claims database. Copp HL, Nelson CP, Shortliffe LD, Lai J, Saigal CS, Kennedy WA. J Urol. 2010; 183 (5): 1994-9
• Evaluation of asymptomatic, atraumatic hematuria in children and adults. Tu WH, Shortliffe LD. Nat Rev Urol. 2010; 7 (4): 189-94