Dr. John Dees Lectureship Visiting Professor

November 8, 2024, 7:30 a.m.

"The Aging Pediatric Urology Patient”

 

Rosalia Misseri

Rosalia Misser, MD
Robert A. Garrett Professor of Pediatric Urologic Research
and Chief of the Section of Pediatric Urology
Indiana University/Riley Children’s Health

Rosalia Misseri is the Robert A. Garrett Professor of Pediatric Urologic Research and Chief of the Section of Pediatric Urology at Indiana University/Riley Children’s Health. She received her undergraduate education at New York University (BA) and medical degree at the State University of New York Downstate (MD).  Dr. Misseri completed residency training in urology at Downstate and fellowship in pediatric urology at Indiana University/Riley Children’s Health. 

She is a board-certified urologist with added qualification in pediatric urology.  Dr. Misseri leads a clinical program in pediatric urology based at Riley Children’s Health that serves patients at three hospitals in Indiana and 14 locations across the state of Indiana. Her research interests include the optimization of treatments for and evaluating long-term outcomes of therapies for individuals with neurogenic bladder.  She has written extensively on processes to aid in the transition of care from pediatric to adult urologic care for people with congenital urologic disease. She has helped to develop and publish tools to assess disease specific quality of life in children, adolescents, and adults with spina bifida. She has established multidisciplinary clinics for the care of adults with congenital urologic disease and children with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract.

Dr. Misseri serves as the president of the medical staff of the Indiana University Health Academic Health Center that includes over 1000 medical professionals.  She served as the pediatric urology fellowship director from 2011 to 2021. She served as a member of the American Board of Urology Examination Committee from 2017 through 2024. She served as the membership coordinator for the Societies of Pediatric Urology from 2014 to 2022.  Currently, she serves as a senior editor for the Journal of Pediatric Urology. Dr. Misseri has trained more than 100 medical students, residents, and fellows.  She has mentored junior faculty culminating in NIH awards.