Craig Andrew Peters, MD $$

Craig Peters, M.D., is division director of pediatric urology at Children's Health℠ and a professor of urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Peters received his medical training at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he also completed his residency in urology. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric urology at Boston Children’s Hospital, followed by a two-year surgical research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

He was on faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital, establishing the pediatric urology research laboratory and the minimally invasive surgery program, as well as the first pediatric urology robotic surgery program. From 2006 to 2010, he was chief of the Division of Pediatric Urology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Peters then joined Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as chief of the Division of Surgical Innovation, Technology and Translation, and professor of urology and pediatrics at George Washington University. Dr. Peters joined Children's Health and UT Southwestern in 2015.

Dr. Peters maintains an active academic practice as well, serving on National Institutes of Health committees, editing and authoring textbooks, and serving on the Board of Directors of the American Urological Association.

Dr. Peters and his wife, Kathy, live in Dallas and have three grown children who still like to visit home. He enjoys cycling vacations with his family.