Craig Peters, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Urology
Professor

Craig A. Peters, MD, FAAP, FACS

Craig Peters, MD, is the Chief, Pediatric Urology, Children’s Health, Professor of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. He received a BA and MD degree from the Johns Hopkins University, did his surgery and urology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital at the Brady Urological Institute, a Pediatric Urology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and a research fellowship at Children's and Harvard. After joining the faculty of Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, he developed the pediatric urology laboratory and carried on research into basic development and pathophysiology of the fetal urinary tract. His research has been funded by NIH/NIDDK and focused on urinary obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, and bladder dysfunction, as well as quantitative imaging and robotics. Dr. Peters has extensive experience with developing minimally invasive surgical techniques, including robot-assisted procedures and treatment of pediatric urologic problems. He has authored numerous papers and chapters on minimally invasive surgery in children and lectured internationally in this area.

Dr. Peters was the John E. Cole Professor of Urology and Director of Pediatric Urology at the University of Virginia, where he continued his work in basic research and minimally invasive surgery, and subsequently was Chief of Surgical Innovation at Children’s National and an investigator at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation in Washington, DC.

Dr. Peters received his MD and Urology residency from Johns Hopkins and completed a Pediatric Urology fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston. He has been on faculty at Children’s Boston and Harvard Medical School, the University of Virginia, the George Washington University and now the University of Texas Southwestern. He was Chief of Surgical Innovation at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. He is now the Chief of Pediatric Urology at the Children’s Medical Center and Professor of Urology in Dallas, Texas. His clinical interests include perinatal urology, minimally invasive urology and vesicoureteral reflux. He has been an active basic researcher with NIH funding in the areas of congenital obstruction, bladder development and vesicoureteral reflux. He has pioneered research and clinical applications of pediatric minimally invasive surgery, including robotics. He has chaired the AUA Guidelines Panel for Vesicoureteral Reflux, the data and safety board of the NIH RIVUR trial and the Section of Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He co-chaired the creation of a Pediatric Urology Research Strategic Plan for NIH. He is the pediatric editor of the Campbell-Walsh Textbook of Urology and recently served on the Board of Directors of the American Urological Association and the Advisory Council of the NIDDK at NIH. He serves on the Research Council of the AUA. Dr. Peters has published more than 185 original articles and over 100 chapters.

Medical School

Johns Hopkins University (1981)

Internship

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1982), Surgery

Residency

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1987), Urology

Fellowship

Children's Hospital Boston (1990), Pediatric Urology

Featured Publications

Reoperative robotic pyeloplasty in children.

Davis TD, Burns AS, Corbett ST, Peters CA J Pediatr Urol 2016 Jun

Renal Segmentation from 3D Ultrasound via Fuzzy Appearance Models and Patient-Specific Alpha Shapes.

Cerrolaza JJ, Safdar N, Biggs E, Jago J, Peters CA, Linguraru MG IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2016 May

Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of Obstructive Severity in Pediatric Hydronephrosis.

Cerrolaza JJ, Peters CA, Martin AD, Myers E, Safdar N, Linguraru MG J. Urol. 2015 Nov

Neonatal and early infancy management of prenatally detected hydronephrosis.

Swords KA, Peters CA Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Sep 100 5 F460-4

Quantification of kidneys from 3D ultrasound in pediatric hydronephrosis.

Cerrolaza JJ, Grisan E, Safdar N, Myers E, Jago J, Peters CA, Linguraru MG Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2015 Aug 2015 157-60

Bi-Institutional Comparison of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Versus Open Ureteroureterostomy in the Pediatric Population.

Lee NG, Corbett ST, Cobb K, Bailey GC, Burns AS, Peters CA J. Endourol. 2015 Aug

Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: Multi-institutional experience in infants.

Avery DI, Herbst KW, Lendvay TS, Noh PH, Dangle P, Gundeti MS, Steele MC, Corbett ST, Peters CA, Kim C J Pediatr Urol 2015 Jun 11 3 139.e1-5

Proctor environment facilitates faculty training in pediatric robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

Mason MD, Herndon CD, Herbst KW, Poston TL, Brandt EJ, Peters CA, Corbett ST J Robot Surg 2014 Dec 8 4 365-9

Evaluation of prenatal hydronephrosis: novel criteria for predicting vesicoureteral reflux on ultrasonography.

Lee NG, Rushton HG, Peters CA, Groves DS, Pohl HG J. Urol. 2014 Sep 192 3 914-8

Antibiotic prophylaxis and reflux: critical review and assessment.

Baquerizo BV, Peters CA F1000Prime Rep 2014 6 104

• AUA Presidential Citation Award
  American Urological Association (2017)
• Chair, Section on Urology
  American Academy of Pediatrics (2011)
• Journal of Urology
  Best Reviewer (2011)
• Pfizer/AUA Visiting Professorship
  USC Keck School of Medicine, Dept. of Urology (2007)
• Journal of Urology
  Best Reviewer (2006)
• Pfizer/AUA Professorship
  Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Urology (2005)
• Society of Scholars
  Johns Hopkins University (2005)
• Pfizer/AUA Professorship
  Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh (2004)
• Pfizer/AUA Professorship
  Univ. North Carolina (2000)
• First Prize Research Essay Contest
  World Congress of Endourology (1997)
• First Prize Research Essay Contest
  AAP, Section on Urology (1997)
• J. Hartwell Harrison Memorial Resident Education Award
  Baylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Urology (1996)
• Edwin Beer Program Award
  New York Academy of Medicine (1990)
• Von L. Meyer Travelling Fellowship
  The Children's Hospital (1989)
• Von L. Meyer Travelling Fellowship
  The Children's Hospital (1987)
• Francis Schwentker Research Prize
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1986)
• First Place Resident Research Prize
  Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Assn. (1985)
• American Cancer Society Research Fellow
  Brady Urologic Institute (1984-1985)
• Alpha Omega Alpha
  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1981)
• Phi Beta Kappa
  Johns Hopkins University (1978)
• Dean's List, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Societies
  George Washington University (1974-1976)
• National Merit Scholar
  Presidential Scholar (1974)