Physician

Urology

Doctor Nicholas G. Cost, MD practices Urology. He attended Emory University School of Medicine. Emory University School of Medicine is ranked 23 in research and 42 in primary care medicine Nicholas G. Cost is a published doctor and has 41 publications published. The lastest was: 'Do Referral Patterns in Adolescents and Young Adults with Testicular Cancer Impact Oncologic Outcomes?'

Publications

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• Current urologic care for Testicular germ cell tumors in pediatric and adolescent patients.
• Do Referral Patterns in Adolescents and Young Adults with Testicular Cancer Impact Oncologic Outcomes?
• The future of pediatric and adolescent urologic oncology as a subspecialty: Gains and growth via research, education, and quality improvement.
• Pediatric urological laparoendoscopic single site surgery: Single surgeon experience.
• Normal anatomic relationships in prepubescent female external genitalia.
• Prechemotherapy Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy for an Adolescent With Wilms Tumor.
• Risk stratification of pubertal children and postpubertal adolescents with clinical stage I Testicular nonseminomatous germ cell tumors.
• Infant robot-assisted laparoscopic upper urinary tract reconstructive surgery.
• The initial experience with RENAL nephrometry in children, adolescents, and young adults with renal tumors.
• Pediatric laparo-endoscopic single site partial nephrectomy: Feasibility in infants and small children for upper urinary tract duplication anomalies.
• Tamsulosin and the spontaneous passage of ureteral stones in children: A multi-institutional cohort study.
• Infant robotic pyeloplasty: Comparison with an open cohort.
• Urologic co-morbidities associated with sacrococcygeal teratoma and a rational plan for urologic surveillance.
• A comparison of pediatric, adolescent, and adult Testicular germ cell malignancy.
• The use of preoperative targeted molecular therapy to allow nephron sparing for T1b tumors.
• Urothelial carcinoma at the uretero-enteric junction: multi-center evaluation of oncologic outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy.
• Urinary NGAL Levels Correlate with Differential Renal Function in Patients with Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Undergoing Pyeloplasty.
• Testicular germ cell tumors. Current concepts and management strategies.
• Single institution experience with tru-cut renal mass biopsy for diagnosing wilms tumor.
• Pediatric standard and robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: a comparative single institution study.
• Effect of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Therapy on Renal Function.
• Immunohistochemical expression of GLUT1 and its correlation with unfavorable histology and TP53 codon 72 polymorphism in Wilms tumors.
• Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection in an Adolescent Population.
• TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms in favorable histology Wilms tumors.
• Oncologic outcomes of partial versus radical nephrectomy for unilateral Wilms Tumor.
• International Consultation on Urologic Diseases and the European Association of Urology International Consultation on Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma.
• Pediatric Testicular torsion: demographics of national orchiopexy versus orchiectomy rates.
• Screening ultrasound in follow-up after pediatric pyeloplasty.
• Hernia after pediatric urological laparoscopy.
• A novel SOX9 mutation, 972delC, causes 46,XY sex-reversed campomelic dysplasia with nephrocalcinosis, urolithiasis, and dysgerminoma.
• Two girls with urethral duplication.
• The Past, Present, and Future in Management of Small Renal Masses.
• Detrusor compliance changes after bladder neck sling without augmentation in children with neurogenic urinary incontinence.
• Analysis of risk factors for glans dehiscence after tubularized incised plate hypospadias repair.
• Human balanced translocation and mouse gene inactivation implicate Basonuclin 2 in distal urethral development.
• Radiofrequency ablation of small renal cortical tumours in healthy adults: renal function preservation and intermediate oncological outcome.
• Algorithm for comprehensive approach to hypospadias reoperation using 3 techniques.
• Tubularized incised plate hypospadias repair for distal hypospadias.
• Neurofibromatosis presenting as painless clitoromegaly.
• The impact of targeted molecular therapies on the level of renal cell carcinoma vena caval tumor thrombus.

Schools

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• Emory University

Conditions Treated

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• Testicular Cancer

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Urology
• Urology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Pathway X Bronze Direct CACA IN HIX
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Blue Card PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Cofinity PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Heritage Signature
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO

Education

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• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
• Emory University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Children's Hospital Colorado

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