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Our Experts
Our staff is a team of physicians, nurses and other caregivers experienced in treating the special genitourinary problems that can occur in children. They are not only pioneers in improving treatments for these conditions, but have developed special expertise in communicating with youngsters and their families about physical problems that often are stigmatized in our society.
Doctors
Nurses Barbara Bratton, pediatric surgery clinical coordinatorBarbara Bratton is the nurse practitioner for pediatric surgery at UCSF Children's Hospital, where she coordinates the care of children with surgical problems. She works with the surgeons and families to provide care to children. She received her bachelor's degree in nursing at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo., and her master's degree in nursing, with a pediatric nurse practitioner certificate, at the UCSF School of Nursing. She is certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Association. Bratton has held a variety of diverse pediatric nursing positions over the past 20 years including working as a critical care nurse in adult and neonatal intensive care units. She has held several positions including assistant nurse manager, nurse practitioner in the Intensive Care Nursery and the clinical coordinator for the ECMO Program (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). She has eight years experience as a nurse practitioner in pediatric gastroenterology.
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