Douglass B. Clayton MD

Dr. Douglass B. Clayton is an Associate Professor of Urology in the Division of Pediatric Urology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, TN. In 2009, he completed a residency in urologic surgery at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL. He subsequently completed a 2 year fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Vanderbilt University in 2011. He is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health K08 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Digestive and Diabetes, and Kidney Diseases. In the laboratory, he uses a variety of clinically applicable mouse models to study hypoxic signaling pathways during acute bladder inflammation.   His clinical interests include general pediatric urology as well as laparoscopic and robotic procedures in children.