How to Communicate Difficult News to Caregivers

In this episode of The PedSpace, Dr. Dominic Frimberger discusses tips for delivering difficult diagnoses to caregivers.

 Dr. Frimberger is board-certified by the American Board of Urology. He is a Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Chief of Pediatric Urology at the Children’s Hospital of Oklahoma.

Dr. Frimberger received his medical degree from the University of Wurzburg in Germany and completed his urology residency in a combined program through the Department of Urology of the Ludwig- Maximilians University in Munich, Germany and the Brady Urological Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and afterwards came to Oklahoma where he has been practicing for the last 15 years. 

Dr. Frimberger serves on the Board of the American Academy of Pediatric Urology and is a member of several national and international Societies for Pediatric Urology. He has a general pediatric urology practice and specializes in neonates and children with severe congenital urologic birth defects such as hypospadias, bladder reflux (VUR), hydronephrosis, spina bifida, DSD, bladder exstrophy and cloacal anomalies. He established the first program for robotic surgery in Pediatric Urology here in Oklahoma and is a skilled reconstructive and minimal invasive surgeon.