Dr. Devonna Kaji is board certified in urological surgery by the American Board of Urology, with sub-certification in pediatric urology and has practiced as a pediatric urologist since 1991. She has been with Children's Hospital Central California since September 2002. Dr. Kaji has expertise in the surgical repair of hernias, undescended testes, vesicoureteral reflux, hypospadias and neurogenic bladder, as well as performing bladder augmentation and other complex genitourinary reconstruction.

In addition to serving as Medical Director of Urology, Dr. Kaji is Vice Chief of Staff at Children’s Hospital. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Urological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has held academic positions in pediatric urology at University of Colorado School of Medicine and University of Southern California School of Medicine.

Born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley, Dr. Devonna Kaji graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and received her medical degree from the University of Hawaii School of Medicine in Honolulu. She completed her residency in urology at the Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric urology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada.

Publications

Merguerian PA, Sutters KA, Tang E, Kaji D, Chang B. “Efficacy of continuous epidural analgesia versus single dose caudal analgesia in children after intravesical ureteroneocystostomy.” J Urol. 2004;172(4 Pt 2):1621-5; discussion 1625.
PMID: 15371775

Kaji DM, Xie HW, Hardy BE, Sherrod A, Huffman JL. “The effects of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on renal growth, function and arterial blood pressure in an animal model.” J Urol. 1991; 146(2 ( Pt 2)):544-7.
PMID: 1907329

Stein JP, Kaji DM, Eastham J, Freeman JA, Esrig D, Hardy BE. “Blunt renal trauma in the pediatric population: indications for radiographic evaluation.” Urology. 1994; 44(3):406-10.
PMID: 8073555