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Elizabeth B. Yerkes, MD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Elizabeth Yerkes became Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2006. An attending pediatric urologist at Children’s Memorial Hospital since 2005, Dr. Yerkes specializes in reconstruction of complex congenital anomalies, medical and surgical management of neurogenic bladder, disorders of sex development, hypospadias, and pediatric and adolescent vaginal anomalies and urogynecologic concerns.

Upon completing medical school and urology residency training at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Yerkes moved on to a fellowship in pediatric urology at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, an affiliate of the Indiana University School of Medicine.  She is a veteran of both the United States Air Force Reserves and Naval Reserves, with four years of active duty service at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio. Dr. Yerkes has taken part in a pediatric urology humanitarian mission to Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Hondouras (2005), and owns numerous academic awards and achievements including graduating summa cum laude from Bowdoin College, receiving the Air Force Achievement Medal and being named the Pfizer Scholar in Urology at both Vanderbilt University and Indiana University Medical School.

Dr. Yerkes is a member of several urologic societies, such as the American Urological Association (AUA), the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology, the Society for Pediatric Urology and the Society for Fetal Urology. Dr. Yerkes also participates in North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and is a member of the Professional Advisory Council of the Spina Bifida Association.  Active in academic urologic publications, Dr. Yerkes is a reviewer for the Journal of Urology and serves on the Editorial Board for Dialogues in Pediatric Urology.

Education
Undergraduate: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Medical School: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Internship: General Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Residency: Urology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN

Selected Publications
The following publications are selected from a complete CV.  For more information on Dr. Yerkes' scholarly productivity, please contact her office.

Journal Articles

1. Yerkes EB. Urologic issues in the pediatric and adolescent gynecology patient.  Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of America. In press, 2009.
   
2. Kim DY, Mickelson JJ, Helfand BT, Maizels M, Kaplan WE, Yerkes EB. Fetal pyelectasis as predictor of decreased renal function.  Accepted for publication J Urol, 2009. 
   
3. Mickelson JJ, Cheng EY, Yerkes EB.  Urologic issues of the pediatric spina bifida patient:  a review of the genitourinary concerns and urologic care during childhood and adolescence.  Pediatric Rehabilitative Medicine.  In press, 2009.
   
4. Hamoui N, Maizels M, Cheng EY, Yerkes EB, Kaplan WE, Chaviano AH, Shore R, Hagerty JA. DMSA Scans Enhance Renal Ultrasound Findings in Children with VUR and/or UTI’s. J Urol 180(4 Suppl):1639-42; discussion 1642, 2008 Oct. 
     
5. Maizels M, Yerkes EB, Macejko A, Habermacher GM, Hagerty J, Chaviano AH, Cheng EY, Liu D, Sarwark JP, Corcoran JF, Meyer T, Kaplan WE. A new computer enhanced visual learning method to train urology residents in pediatric orchiopexy: a prototype for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education documentation. J Urol 180(4 Suppl):1814-8; discussion 1818, 2008 Oct.
   
6. Macejko AM, Cheng EY, Yerkes EB, Meyer T, Bowman RM, Kaplan WE.    Clinical urological outcomes following primary tethered cord release in children younger than 3 years. J Urol  178: 1738-1742, 2007.
   
7. Baughman SM, Richardson RR, Podberesky DJ, Dalrymple NC, Yerkes EB.  Three-dimensional magnetic resonance genitography:  a different look at cloacal malformations. J Urol  178: 1675-1678, 2007.
   
8. Yerkes EB, Robertson FM, Gitlin J, Kaefer M, Cain MP, Rink RC. Management of Perinatal Torsion: Today, Tomorrow or Never? J Urol 174: 1579-1583, 2005. 
   
9. Herndon CD, Rink RC, Cain MP, Lerner M, Kaefer M, Yerkes E, Casale AJ. In situ Malone antegrade continence enema in 127 patients:  a six-year experience. J Urol  172: 1689-1691, 2004.
   
10. Yerkes EB, King S, Cain MP, Brei T, Kaefer M, Casale AJ, Rink RC. The MACE procedure: quality of life and family perspective. J Urol 169: 320-3, 2003.
    
11. Cain MP, Rink RC, Yerkes EB, Kaefer M, Casale AJ.  Long-term followup and outcome of continent catheterizable vesicostomy using Rink modification. J Urol 168: 2583-5, 2002.
    
12. Yerkes EB, Rink RC, Cain MP, Casale AJ. Use of Monti channel for administration of antegrade continence enemas (Monti-MACE). J Urol 168: 1883-5, 2002.
    
13. Cain MP, Casale AJ, Kaefer M, Yerkes E, Rink RC. Percutaneous cystolithotomy in the pediatric augmented bladder. J Urol 168: 1881-1882, 2002.
    
14. Yerkes EB, Rink RC, King S, Cain MP, Kaefer M, Casale AJ. Tap water and the Malone antegrade continence enema: a safe combination? J Urol  166: 1476-8, 2001.
     
15. Yerkes EB, Rink RC, Cain MP, Luerssen TG, Casale AJ. Shunt infection and malfunction after augmentation cystoplasty. J Urol 165: 2262-4, 2001.
    
16. Meldrum KK, Meldrum DR, Hile KL, Yerkes EB, Ayala A, Cain MP, Rink RC, Casale AJ and Kaefer MA. p38 MAPK mediates renal tubular cell TNF-alpha production and TNF-alpha-dependent apoptosis during simulated ischemia. Am J Physiol-Cell Physiol  281: C563-70, 2001.
    
17. Yerkes EB, Adams MC, Rink RC, Pope JP 4th and Brock JW 3rd. How well do patients with exstrophy actually void? J Urol 164: 1044-7, 2000.
    
18. Yerkes EB, Adams MC, Miller DA, Pope JC 4th, Rink RC, Brock JW 3rd. Y-to-I wrap: use of the distal spongiosum for hypospadias repair. J Urol 163: 1536-8, 2000.
    
19. Hohenfellner K, Hunley TE, Yerkes E, Habermehl P, Hohenfellner R and Kon V.  Angiotensin II, type 2 receptor in the development of vesico-ureteric reflux.  BJU International 83: 318-22, 1999.
    
20. Hohenfellner K, Hunley TE, Schloemer C, Brenner W, Yerkes E, Zepp F, Brock JW III and Kon V.  Angiotensin type 2 receptor is important in the normal development of the ureter.  Pediatr Nephrol 13: 187-91, 1999.
    
21. Yerkes EB, Adams MC, Miller DA and Brock JW 3rd. Coronal cuff: problem site for buccal mucosal grafts. J Urol 162 (4): 1442-4, 1999.
    
22. Yerkes EB, Adams MC, Pope JC 4th and Brock JW 3rd. Does every patient with prenatal hydronephrosis need a VCUG? J Urol 162 (3): 1218-20, 1999.
    
23. Nishimura H, Yerkes E, Hohenfellner K, Miyazaki Y, Ma J, Hunley T, Yoshida H, Ichiki T, Threadgill D, Phillips J, Hogan B, Fogo A, Brock J, Inagami T and Ichikawa I.  Role of the angiotensin type 2 receptor gene in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract of mice and men.  Molecular Cell  3: 1-10, 1999.
    
24. Yerkes E, Nishimura H, Miyazaki Y, Tsuchida S, Brock, JW 3rd and Ichikawa I. Role of angiotensin in the congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract in the mouse and the human. Kidney Int. 67: S75-7, 1998.
    
25. Yerkes EB, Brock JW 3rd, Holcomb GW 3rd and Morgan WM 3rd. Laparoscopic evaluation for a contralateral patent processus vaginalis:  Part III. Urology 51, 480-3, 1998.

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