Linda Alford Baker MD

Pediatric Urology, Stone Disease

Co- Director, The Kidney and Urinary Tract Center Nationwide Children's Hospital Pediatric Urologist, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology Nationwide Children's Hospital

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700 Children's DriveUrologyColumbus, OH 43205
Phone+1 614-722-6951

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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Urology, 1997 - 1999
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Urology, 1991 - 1995
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1989 - 1991
University of Louisville School of MedicineClass of 1989

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Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2022 - 2028
TX State Medical License 1999 - 2027
American Board of Urology Urology
American Board of Urology Pediatric Urology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

USNWR Top Doctors
Best Pediatric Specialists in Dallas D Magazine Partners, 2004-2014
America’s Top Surgeons Consumer’s Research Council of America, 2012

Clinical Trials

Stone Disease in Children and Their Families
COMPLETED
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Pediatric Acute Scrotum and Testicular Torsion Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 24
COMPLETED
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Comparison of clinical outcomes of robotic versus open pyeloplasty in infants under 6 months.
Alexandra Bain, Jacqueline Morin, Amanda Sion, Jennifer Smith, Yueran Zhang
Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2026-06-27
1 citations
Is it possible to separate the testicular and ovarian components of an ovotestis?
Laurence Baskin, Mei Cao, Yi Li, Linda Baker, Christopher Cooper
Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025-12-01
Generation of induced pluripotent stem cell line, NCHi028-A, from a male child with Prune Belly Syndrome.
Cintia E Gomez Limia, Karunya Albert, Kusum Basnet, Chaitrali Atre, Hudaa Malik
Stem Cell Research. 2025-04-01

Journal Articles

Phenotypic Severity Scoring System and Categorization for Prune Belly Syndrome: Application to a Pilot Cohort of 50 Living Patients
N M Passoni, D G Wong, J Gattineni, M K Arevalo, L A Baker, BJU International

Press Mentions

2020 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Awardees AnnouncedFebruary 11th, 2020
Researchers to Find Why More Children Suffer from Kidney StonesApril 9th, 2018
Vaginoplasty and the Role of Autologous Buccal MucosaSeptember 1st, 2017

Grant Support

Prune Belly Syndrome: Mechanisms of Filamin A MutationsRESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP2022–2025
Prune Belly Syndrome: Mechanisms of Filamin A MutationsRESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP2022–2025
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Pediatric Acute Scrotum and Testicular TorsionNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2012–2015
Insulin-3 In Human Testicular Disease And As A Therapeutic AgentEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2006–2009
Signaling During Mammalian Urogenital-Anorectal DevelopNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2003–2006