Vijaya M. Vemulakonda, M.D.

Urology Surgery
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Division of Urologic Surgery

Areas of Clinical Interest:
Pediatric Urology
Reconstructive Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery in Children

Medical School:
MD, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, 2000.

Other Graduate Education — Law School
JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, cum laude, 1996

Postdoctoral Education:
Surgical Internship, Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2001

Urology Residency, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2006

Pediatric Urology Fellowship, Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2008.

Patients Seen At:
St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place, Suite A, Second Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 454-6034
Fax: (314) 454-2876

Patient Appointments:
(314) 454-6034

Hospital Affiliations:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Missouri Baptist Hospital

Selected or Recent Publications:
Vemulakonda VM, Cowan CA, Lendvay TS, Joyner BD, Grady RW. Trends in surgical management of congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction: A pediatric health information system database study. Journal of Urology. 2008 August; 15, Epub ahead of print.

Vemulakonda VM, Sorensen MD, Joyner BD. The current state of diversity and multicultural training in urology residency programs. Journal of Urology. 2008 August;180(2):668-672.

Vemulakonda VM, Lendvay TS, Shnorhavorian M, Joyner BD, Mitchell M, Grady RW. Metastatic adenocarcinoma after augmentation cystoplasty. Journal of Urology, 2008 March; 179(3):1094-1096.

Joyner BD, Vemulakonda VM. Improving professionalism: Making the implicit more explicit. Journal of Urology. 2007 June;177:2289-2293.

Vemulakonda VM, Jones EA, Primer: Diagnosis and management of uncomplicated daytime wetting in children. Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 2006 Oct;3(10):551-559.

Vemulakonda VM, Somogyi GT, Kiss S, Boone TB, Smith CP. Inhibitory effect of intravesically applied botulinum toxin A in chronic bladder inflammation. Journal of Urology. 2005 Feb;173(2):621-624.

Selected or Recent Chapters:
Vemulakonda VM, Grady R. Genital Trauma. In: Wilcox DT, Godbole PP, Kohler MA (eds.). Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management. 1st edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing; 2007.

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