master chemists of the body

The kidneys are the master chemists of the body. The main job of the kidneys is to remove wastes form the blood and return the cleaned blood back to the body. The kidneys will take care of waste disposal from our body. Diseases of the kidneys can be subdivided into the following categories and are managed by different specialists.

	Vascular Surgeon Malfunctioning of the blood supply to the kidney   Nephrologist Non-Surgical Diseases of the Kidneys		Urologist Diseases concerning the draining of the urine-stones Infections of the Kidney Cancer or Tumors of the Kidney Anatomical variations of the Kidney Surgical Diseases of the Kidney

The Urology Team physicians, Dr. Curtis Hitt, Dr. Richard Chopp, Dr. Stephen Hardeman, Dr. Elizabeth Houser, Dr. Bryan Kansas, Dr. Melody Denson and Dr. Randy Fagin have performed more than 1700 "Stone blasting" lithotripsy or ESWL procedures, since 1997.

We offer innovative surgical and medical treatments for patients who suffer from stones and then set a course of long term management for recovery and prevention. Our program takes a person's unique medical condition into consideration. We not only treat the kidney stones but try to determine their cause, and then keep the patient as free as possible form future kidney stones.