Venkata Ramakrishna Jayanthi MD

Dr. Venkata R. Jayanthi, MD, is Chief of the Section of Pediatric Urology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Medical Director of Pediatric Urology at Dayton Children’s Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Department of Urology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Joan C Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Jayanthi is a full time pediatric urologist with expertise in all aspects of the medical and surgical management of genitourinary problems including such diverse conditions as urinary tract infections, hydronephrosis, urinary incontinence, hypospadias and intersex conditions. He started the pediatric urology laparoscopic surgery program and directs the program for complex genitourinary reconstructive surgery for both congenital and acquired conditions. He travels extensively overseas conducting educational and surgical missions in varied locations throughout the world.

Dr. Jayanthi received his medical degree from the Ohio State University and completed his urology residency at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. He then completed his pediatric urology training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He has been on the medical staff of Nationwide Children’s Hospital since 1994.