Rockford Sun

Mercy Rockford Health System issued the following announcement on Jan. 17.

Mercyhealth is pleased to welcome Patrick H. McKenna, MD, FACS, FAAP, to the staff of Mercyhealth’s Javon Bea Hospital–Riverside. McKenna joins the team at Mercyhealth’s State-Designated Children’s Hospital from UW Health American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, WI, where he was Medical Director of the Pediatric Urology Department.

His special interests include:

• Hypospadias
• Undescended testis
• Urologic problems identified before birth (antenatal congenital surgery)
• Complex congenital reconstruction
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Hydronephrosis
• Genitourinary cancers
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• Incontinence and recurrent urinary tract infections
• Innovative treatments that decrease the use of medications, invasive studies, and surgery

“I believe that many interactive components result in consistent, high-quality outcomes: treating every patient as an individual, working as a team, experience, having a passion for making lives better, hard work, doing what is right, and keeping up with medical advances,” said Dr. McKenna. “Working with other talented Mercyhealth physicians at the new state-of-the-art Mercyhealth Riverside Campus brings big city capability close to home.”

Dr. McKenna earned his medical degree at the George Washington University, Washington, DC, and completed his Urology residency at the Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA. He also completed a Pediatric Urology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. McKenna is certified by the American Board of Urology with added certification in Pediatric Urology.

For more information, call 815-971-7667.

Original source can be found here.

Source: Mercy Rockford Health System