Title:

• Associate Professor of Urology
• Director, Pediatric Urology Stem Cell Research

Department:

• Department of Pediatrics
• Department of Urology

Locations:

• Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Areas of Treatment:

• Fetal Urology
• Complex Genitourinary Reconstruction
• Clinical Trials for Tissue Engineered Transplantation of Neo-organs
• Robotic Surgery

Specialties:

• Pediatric Urology

Background:

Dr. Roger De Filippo is an assistant professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and an attending surgeon at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining USC, Dr. Filippo completed both a research and a clinical fellowship in tissue engineering and pediatric urology at the Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School. De Filippo oversees the Laboratory for Organ Regenerative Research and Cell Therapeutics in Urology at the Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. He and his colleagues are actively pursuing research in the area of stem cells and regenerative medicine along with cell therapeutic modalities for the treatment of acute and chronic kidney disease.

Education:

• M.D., Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Internships:

• Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, LAC+USC Medical Center and Affiliate Hospitals, Surgery

Residencies:

• Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, LAC+USC Medical Center and Affiliate Hospitals, Urology

Fellowships:

• Childrens Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Urology and Tissue Engineering

Board Certification:

• Diplomate of the American Board of Urology
• Pediatric Urology Subspecialty Certification, American Board of Urology

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Urological Association
• Western Section, American Urological Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology
• Tissue Engineering Society International

Languages:

• English
• Italian
• Spanish