Division Head, Pediatric Urology
Hospital for Sick Children
Surgical Director, Renal Transplantation Program
Co-Director, Fertility Preservation Program
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Areas of Specialty & Clinical Interest 

• Pediatric and adolescent urologic oncology
• Fertility preservation
• Pediatric and adolescent renal replacement therapy
• Innovation in surgery

Education / Biography / Research Interests

Armando was born in Panama City, Panama where he lived until moving to the United States for Residency training in Urology. He spent 6 years in Dallas, completing an ACGME-approved program in Urology at UT Southwestern Medical School. While rotating at Children’s Medical Center he had the opportunity to explore all medical and surgical aspects of Pediatric Urology, experience that led him to pursue fellowship training in this sub-specialty. After visiting Toronto, he was granted a fellowship position at the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, including a research year in basic science funded by the Urology Care Foundation of the American Urological Association. Once he completed his fellowship, Armando obtained a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto’s HPME program.

Since then, he has been a staff pediatric urologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and has advanced to the academic position of Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and project investigator at the Research Institute. He is Board Certified in Urology and Pediatric Urology by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Canada. Armando’s interests are centered in clinical care, with focus in outcomes research, pediatric urological oncology and renal replacement therapy, generating multiple peer reviewed publications and book chapters. He is also helped create the Fertility Preservation Program at Sick Kids, a unique project in Canada that has grown in scope to address future fertility concerns for pediatric patients at risk, most notably those receiving chemotherapy and radiation. Armando is also actively involved in pediatric renal transplantation, serving as surgical director for Sick Kids’ program. He has been involved in multiple national and international societies, serving in the execute committee of the Society for Fetal Urology and the Pediatric Urology Oncology Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Urology.

Armando also served for many years as an examiner and member of the executive committee of Urology exam team for the Royal College. Currently, he holds the position of Division Head at the Hospital for Sick Children. He loves traveling to different parts of the word, interacting with scientist and health care providers, sharing ideas and seeking new ways to approach urological conditions. One of the most exciting aspects of his academic mission is innovation. Over the years he has closely collaborated with many members of Peri-operative Services, which has resulted in many novel interventions for difficult to treat conditions. These include the development of a technique for valvulotomy and gonadal vein bypass to treat Nutcracker Syndrome (in collaboration with Drs. Amaral and Honjo), as well as the introduction of sacral neurostimulation for fecal and urinary incontinence. His work with Image Guided Therapy continues to expand, always exploring ways to integrate image-guided therapy with open and minimally invasive surgical procedures.