Israel Franco

Dr. Israel Franco, MD is a world-renowned, board-certified Pediatric Urologist with over 25 years of experience in the treatment of Pediatric Enuresis. He currently leads Yale University’s Children’s Bladder and Continence Center which is one of the leading pediatric urology research institutions in the world. Israel received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College and his fellowship from Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Israel was an early innovator in laparoscopic surgical and neurological techniques in pediatric urology and was a pioneer in the use of biofeedback therapy in the United States. Israel is a Board Member and Treasurer of the International Children’s Continence Society (ICCS) which plays a vital role in the education of physicians, nurses, and physiotherapists in the care of children’s urinary and bowel continence issues. Israel has published over 90 articles in peer reviewed journals and has contributed 19 chapters for textbooks. With Israel’s publication of “The Management and Treatment of Overactive in Bladder in Children” in The Journal of Urology, he has driven the pediatric community to look at CNS mechanisms as the cause of most incontinence and dysfunctional voiding issues in children. Since that time a more concerted effort to explore these mechanisms has continued to confirm a central role for many children with refractory incontinence.