Linda Baker, M.D.

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Dr. Linda A. Baker is a Board-Certified fellowship-trained Pediatric Urologist who has specialized in patient care and study of developmental biology of the normal genitourinary tract and congenital genitourinary birth defects. After completion of a Urology Residency at the University of Virginia, Dr. Baker studied the molecular basis of genitourinary development as an American Foundation of Urologic Disease Research Scholar. Following this, Dr. Baker trained as a Pediatric Urology Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and subsequently accepted the position as Assistant Professor of Urology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1999. She is now a Professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. As Director of Pediatric Urologic Research she has created a functional productive molecular biology laboratory studying the impact of genetics on pediatric urologic diseases. She has published and spoken extensively in her areas of clinical and research interest. Clinically, she specializes in performing reconstructive, laparoscopic kidney and testis surgery, intersex, and complex genitourinary reconstructions.

Medical School	University of Louisville School of Medicine (1989)
Internship	University of Virginia Health System (1991), General Surgery
Residency	University of Virginia Health System (1995), Urology
Fellowship	University of Virginia Health System (1997), Nephrology
Fellowship	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1999), Pediatric Urology

• Pediatrics
• Urology

• Primary Interests
• Congenital Urological Abnormalities
• Hypospadias
• Reconstructive Urologic Surgery
• Undescended Testes

• Causes of hypospadias
• Causes of intersex disorders
• Causes of undescended testes and testicular torsion
• Genetic Basis of Prune Belly Syndrome
• Inherited or familial birth defects of the genitourinary tract
• Pediatric renal stone disease

Featured Publications

Urolithiasis in Children - Surgical Approach.

Granberg, C. and Baker, L.A. Ped Clin NA 2012 In Press

Comparative analysis of nephrolithiasis in otherwise healthy versus medically complex gastrostomy fed children.

Smith PJ, Basravi S, Schlomer BJ, Bush NC, Brown BJ, Gingrich A, Baker LA J Pediatr Urol 2011 Jun 7 3 244-7

Pediatric testicular torsion: demographics of national orchiopexy versus orchiectomy rates.

Cost NG, Bush NC, Barber TD, Huang R, Baker LA J. Urol. 2011 Jun 185 6 Suppl 2459-63

Human balanced translocation and mouse gene inactivation implicate Basonuclin 2 in distal urethral development.

Bhoj EJ, Ramos P, Baker LA, Cost N, Nordenskjöld A, Elder FF, Bleyl SB, Bowles NE, Arrington CB, Delhomme B, Vanhoutteghem A, Djian P, Zinn AR Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2011 May 19 5 540-6

Wilms tumor: preoperative risk factors identified for intraoperative tumor spill.

Barber TD, Derinkuyu BE, Wickiser J, Joglar J, Koral K, Baker LA J. Urol. 2011 Apr 185 4 1414-8

UBE2A deficiency syndrome: Mild to severe intellectual disability accompanied by seizures, absent speech, urogenital, and skin anomalies in male patients.

de Leeuw N, Bulk S, Green A, Jaeckle-Santos L, Baker LA, Zinn AR, Kleefstra T, van der Smagt JJ, Vianne Morgante AM, de Vries BB, van Bokhoven H, de Brouwer AP Am. J. Med. Genet. A 2010 Dec 152A 12 3084-90

Loss of Insl3: a potential predisposing factor for testicular torsion.

Sozubir S, Barber T, Wang Y, Ahn C, Zhang S, Verma S, Lonergan D, Lorenzo AJ, Nef S, Baker LA J. Urol. 2010 Jun 183 6 2373-9

Hospitalizations for pediatric stone disease in United States, 2002-2007.

Bush NC, Xu L, Brown BJ, Holzer MS, Gingrich A, Schuler B, Tong L, Baker LA J. Urol. 2010 Mar 183 3 1151-6

Guidelines for the Development of Comprehensive Care Centers for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Guidance from the CARES Foundation Initiative.

Auchus RJ, Witchel SF, Leight KR, Aisenberg J, Azziz R, Bachega TA, Baker LA, Baratz AB, Baskin LS, Berenbaum SA, Breault DT, Cerame BI, Conway GS, Eugster EA, Fracassa S, Gearhart JP, Geffner ME, Harris KB, Hurwitz RS, Katz AL, Kalro BN, Lee PA, Alger Lin G, Loechner KJ, Marshall I, Merke DP, Migeon CJ, Miller WL, Nenadovich TL, Oberfield SE, Pass KA, Poppas DP, Lloyd-Puryear MA, Quigley CA, Riepe FG, Rink RC, Rivkees SA, Sandberg DE, Schaeffer TL, Schlussel RN, Schneck FX, Seely EW, Snyder D, Speiser PW, Therrell BL, Vanryzin C, Vogiatzi MG, Wajnrajch MP, White PC, Zuckerman AE Int J Pediatr Endocrinol 2010 2010 275213

Prechemotherapy laparoscopic nephrectomy for Wilms' tumor.

Barber TD, Wickiser JE, Wilcox DT, Baker LA J Pediatr Urol 2009 Oct 5 5 416-9

Featured Books

Ch. 38, "Robotic Surgery Complications and Safety", pp. 279-289. In Pediatric Robotic and Reconstructive Urology

DaJusta, D. and Baker, L.A. (2012). Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Limited

Ch. 43 Cryptorchidism, pp.563-576. In Pediatric Urology, 2nd edition

Bergu, B., Baker, L.A., and Docimo, S.G. (2010). Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company

Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex. In The Kelalis-King-Belman Textbook of Clinical Pediatric Urology

Grady, R and Baker, L.A. (2007). Informa Healthcare

Ch. 94 Laparoscopic Treatment of the Non-palpable Testicle, pp 847-855. In Smith's Textbook of Endourology, 2nd edition

Baker, L.A. and Jordan, G.H. (2006). Hamilton, Ontario, BC Decker, Inc

Ch. 14, Laparoscopy and Cryptorchidism, pp 161-176. In Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pediatric Urology

Baker, L.A., Lorenzo, A.J., Jordan, G.H., and Docimo, S.G. (2005). Oxfordshire, OX, UK, Taylor & Francis

• America's Top Surgeons
  Consumer's Research Council of America (2012)
• Best Pediatric Specialists in Dallas
  D Magazine 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, and (2012)
• SWIU/SBUR Award for Excellence in Urologic Research
  (2011)
• Texas Super Doctors
  Texas Monthly Magazine 2010 and (2011)
• Top Doctors
  US News & World Report (2011)
• 2nd Place Clinical Poster Prize
  European Society for Pediatric Urology (2005)
• First Prize Research Award
  Engineering and Urology Society (2004)
• AAP Section of Urology Basic Research Prize Finalist
  (2002)
• Merck Younger Investigator Award
  Society for Basic Urological Research (2002)

• American Society of Human Genetics (2010)
• Fellow American College of Surgeons (2002)
• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology, 2001 (2001)
• Society for Basic Urological Research (2001)
• Society for Pediatric Urology (2001)
• American Urological Association (1997)
• Society for Fetal Urology (1997)