Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute at Hartford Hospital

When you have a urologic or kidney problem, you want the very best medical team on your side—one with unsurpassed expertise, vast experience and mastery of today’s most advanced treatments. We have the largest number of urologists with minimally invasive surgical fellowships in a urology practice in the state.

1012-0490-P219_R 2.jpg That’s exactly what you’ll find at the Tallwood Urology and Kidney Institute at Hartford Hospital. Tallwood’s urologists and nephrologists (kidney doctors) are recognized leaders in their fields. Many pioneered treatments that have become the gold standard of care nationwide. Best of all, these gifted, caring professionals work together seamlessly to ensure fully integrated medical and surgical management of all urologic and kidney disorders.

Through our Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), Hartford Hospital provides the only minimally invasive training center in New England using the da Vinci robot. This means that surgeons from hospitals across the country are trained in all types of robotic surgery, including urologic robotic surgery, by Hartford Hospital’s physicians and CESI staff.

We perform the largest number of robotic:

Prostatectomies in the State of Connecticut
Partial nephrectomies in New England
Cystectomies (bladder removal) in New England

Urology and Kidney Conditions Treated at Hartford Hospital

Male Urinary Incontinence
Female Urinary Retention
Urinary Tract Infections
Prostate Disease
(prostatitis, benign prostate hyperplasia)
Male Infertility
Female Infertility
Congenital Urologic Conditions
Lithotripsy

Ureteroscopic stone removal
Percutaneous nephrostomy
Pelvic Disorders
Urologic Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Testes Cancer

Urology and Kidney Services Provided at Hartford Hospital

Minimally Invasive Surgery
Robotic Prostatectomies
Robotic Partial Nephrectomies
Robotic Cystectomies (Bladder Removal)

Lithotripsy
Ureteroscopic stone removal
Percutaneous nephrostomy

Urology and Kidney Institute Conditions and Treatments

- Conditions
  
  • Adrenal Tumors
  • Benign prostate hyperplasia
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Cystoc ele
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • General Urology
  • Hypogonadism
  • Incontinence
  • Female Incontinence
  • Male Incontinence
  • Infertility
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Kidney Stones
• Neurogenic Bladder
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• Penile Cancer
• Peyronie's Disease
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Disease
• Testicular Cancer
• Urethral Strictures
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Urologic Cancer
• Varicocele
• Uterine Fibroids
Treatments
• Urolift
• Vasectomy Reversal
• Vasectomy
• Urodynamic Testing
• Neuromodulation
• Pelvic Health & Incontinence
• Post-prostatectomy
• Robotic surgery
• Urogynecology

Meet our Urology & Kidney Specialists:

	Specialties	Location
Abavana, Christina, MD 4.8 /5 139 surveys 203.254.2320	Sleep Medicine	Fairfield Milford Show Less
Griffith, John James, MD 4.9 /5 361 surveys 860.348.2500	Urology	Southington Plainville Show Less
Sullivan, Jennifer L., PA-C 4.8 /5 44 surveys 203.238.1241	Urology	Meriden
Alter, Eric Louis, MD, FACC, RPVI 203.254.2452	Cardiovascular Medicine	Fairfield Milford Stratford Show Less
O'Meara, Amanda V., MD 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Hartford Farmington Plainville Show Less
Liaw, Christine, MD 4.7 /5 169 surveys 203.338.8760	Urology	Bridgeport Wilton Stamford Show Less
Siev, Michael Howard, MD 4.9 /5 285 surveys 860.253.3380	Urology	Enfield Manchester Show Less
Hager, Shaun Patrick, DO 4.8 /5 211 surveys 860.443.0622	Urology	Waterford Mystic Show Less
Sappenfield, Elisabeth C., MD 4.8 /5 141 surveys 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Enfield Hartford Avon Show Less
Minardi, Michael, PA-C 860.496.8990	Urology	Torrington
Reynolds, Elizabeth, APRN, DNP, FNP-BC 4.9 /5 218 surveys 860.678.5700	Urology	Farmington
Shreck, Evan, MD 4.9 /5 441 surveys 203.238.1241	Urology	Meriden Cheshire Show Less
Shehu, Ardit, DO 4.8 /5 322 surveys 860.677.3950	Internal Medicine	Farmington Farmington Show Less
St. Martin, Brad, MD 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Norwich Hartford Waterford Show Less
Fairchild, Rebecca, APRN 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Hartford Farmington Plainville Enfield Avon Show Less
Schwartz, Marissa, APRN 4.8 /5 170 surveys 860.348.2500	Urology	Plainville Bristol Southington Show Less
St. Pierre, Joseph, DO 4.9 /5 150 surveys 203.926.8835	Bariatric Medicine	Shelton Trumbull Fairfield Show Less
Katz, Eric, MD 4.8 /5 287 surveys 860.947.8500	Urology	Hartford West Hartford Farmington Avon Show Less
Dorney, Eileen, PA-C 4.6 /5 141 surveys 203.338.8760	Urology	Bridgeport
Wagner, Kathryn, MD 4.9 /5 305 surveys 203.238.1241	Urology	Meriden Cheshire Show Less
Morley, Ariel, PA-C 860.678.5700	Urology	Farmington Avon Show Less
Beamer, Matthew, MD 4.7 /5 112 surveys 203.338.8760	Urology	Bridgeport Wilton Stamford Show Less
O'Neill, Michael, MD 4.9 /5 42 surveys 203.696.3560	Internal Medicine	Fairfield Fairfield Show Less
Kuruca, Burcu, APRN, FNP 4.8 /5 92 surveys 860.253.3380	Urology	Enfield Farmington Show Less
Barnes, Jillian, APRN 4.7 /5 92 surveys 860.947.8500	Urology	Glastonbury Farmington Show Less
Gunter, Alexandra, APRN 4.8 /5 287 surveys 860.678.7300	Urology	Farmington
Gordon, Daniella, APRN 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Enfield Glastonbury Hartford Show Less
Pyo, Paul, MD 4.9 /5 575 surveys 203.238.1241	Urology	Meriden Cheshire Show Less
Benson, Scott Marshall, DO 860.522.2377	Nephrology	Hartford
Tishler, Darren Scott, MD, FACS, FASMBS 4.9 /5 202 surveys 860.246.2071	Bariatric Surgery	Glastonbury Manchester Enfield Show Less
Everhart-Caye, Maria Anne, MD 860.241.0700	Nephrology	Hartford Wethersfield Show Less
Rasool, Altaf, MD 860.889.8331	Nephrology	Norwich
Kutz, Stephen M., MD, FACC 4.9 /5 307 surveys 401.596.4499	Cardiovascular Medicine	Westerly Mystic Show Less
Tiano, Joseph John, MD 203.683.5100	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Bridgeport Fairfield Trumbull Show Less
Glenney, Sandra F., APRN, DNP, RNFA 4.8 /5 157 surveys 860.886.1956	Urology	Norwich
Casillas, Sergio Rafael, MD 4.9 /5 158 surveys 860.889.9080	General Surgery	Norwich Norwich Waterford Show Less
Laut, Jeffrey Marc, MD 860.241.0700	Nephrology	Hartford Hartford Show Less
Rosenberg, David Jeremy, MD 4.9 /5 608 surveys 860.643.2731	Urology	Manchester
Weisman, Kenneth Martin, MD 4.8 /5 253 surveys 860.496.8990	Urology	Torrington
D'Ambrosio, Susan E., PsyD 860.678.5700	Psychology	Fairfield
LaSala, Christine Ann, MD, FACS, FACOG, FFPMRS 4.9 /5 160 surveys 860.972.4338	Urogynecology	Avon Plainville Hartford Show Less
Samat, Aashish Gopaldas, MD 4.8 /5 265 surveys 860.696.2240	Endocrinology	Farmington New Britain Farmington Show Less
Phanavong, Jacquelyne M., PA-C 4.7 /5 252 surveys 860.947.8500	Urology	West Hartford
Tunitsky-Bitton, Elena, MD, FACOG, FFPMRS 4.9 /5 178 surveys 860.972.4338	Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery	Hartford Avon Show Less
Ceplenski, Paul John, MD 860.826.4453	Urology	New Britain
Steinberg, Adam C., DO, MBA, FACS, FACOG 860.972.4338	Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery	Hartford
Umashanker, Devika, MD 4.6 /5 123 surveys 833.861.5433	Bariatric Medicine	Glastonbury
Loughery, Erin Marie, APRN 4.8 /5 260 surveys 860.886.1956	Urology	Norwich
Tray, Kory A., MD 860.241.0700	Nephrology	Bloomfield Wethersfield Show Less
Masoud, Amir E., MD 860.388.8260	Gastroenterology	Old Saybrook Fairfield Show Less