Adam Childs

Adam Childs, MD

Dr. Adam Childs joined Arkansas Urology in 2019 and has been in practice in Northwest Arkansas since 2012. Prior to joining Arkansas Urology he practiced at Ozark Urology.

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Meet The Doctor

Dr. Childs is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Urology Association, the Arkansas Urologic Society and the Arkansas Medical Society. Dr. Childs has special interest in the management of prostate cancer and serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation.

Dr. Childs received his medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He attended Brigham Young University and Rice University for undergraduate studies in biochemistry. After medical school, he completed his urology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he published multiple scientific articles and served as an instructor in urology and chief resident.

Dr. Childs and his wife have four children.

Education/Certifications

Dr. Childs received his medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He attended Brigham Young University and Rice University for undergraduate studies in biochemistry. After medical school, he completed his urology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where he published multiple scientific articles and served as an instructor in urology and chief resident.

Clinic Locations

Bentonville

3400 SE Macy Rd 
Bentonville, AR 72712
(479) 268-6800M - F: 8AM - 4:30PM
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Practice Areas

  • Bladder Cancer
  • BPH Treatments
  • Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
  • Elevated PSA Evaluation
  • Enlarged Prostate
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • General Urology
  • Greenlight Photovaporization
  • Hematuria (blood in the urine) Evaluation
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Kidney Stones
  • Male Incontinence
  • Penile Cancer
  • Penile Implants
  • Plasma Kinetic/Bipolar TURP
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Renal and Prostate
  • Robotic Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty
  • Testicular Mass/Cancer
  • TURP
  • UPJ Obstruction
  • Urethral Stricture Disease
  • Urolift

Professional Memberships

American Urologic Association, Member

2007 - Present

American Medical Association, Member

2003 - Present

Arkansas Urologic Society, Member

2012 - Present

Arkansas Medical Society, Member

2012 - Present

American College of Surgeons, Member

2007 - 2014

Minnesota Urologic Society, Member

2007-2012

Alpha Omega Alpha

2006 - Present

Published Writings Details

Simultaneous Treatment of Upper Tract Stone Disease at Time of Radical Prostatectomy.

Childs MA, Viers BR, Krambeck AE. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl):Al 97-198.

Ownership of Shockwave Lithotriptor Influences Treatment Selection in Stone Management.

Childs MA, Rangel LJ, Lingeman JE, Krambeck AE. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl):Al99.

Time Since Training Influences Management of Urolithiasis and Nephrolithiasis.

Childs MA, Rangel LJ, Lingeman JE, Krambeck AE. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl ):Al 99-200.

Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: The Learning Curve For A Novel Surgical Technique.

Childs MA, Routh JC, Chow GK, Elliott DS. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(s1):A205-206.

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Ureterolysis for Ureteral Obstruction in Retroperitoneal Fibrosis.

Childs MA, Gettman M, Chow GK. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl):A237.

Management of Urolithiasis in the Academic and Community Urology Practices.

Krambeck AE, Childs MA, Rangel LJ, Lingeman JE. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl):A325-326.

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Bilateral Ureteroneocystotomy.

Childs MA, Breau RH, Gettman M, Chow GK. Journal of Endourology. September 2010, 24(sl):A357.

26th World Congress of Endourology & SWL Abstracts (Part I): Concomitant Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Transvesical Diverticulectomy and Simple Prostatectomy.

Childs MA, Magera JS, Frank I. Journal of Endourology. November 2008, 22(sl): Al-A310.

26th World Congress of Endourology & SWL Abstracts (Part II): "Fibroepithelial Polyps of the Ureter: A Single Institutional Experience."

Childs, MA, Krambeck AE, Sebo SJ, Gettman MT. Journal of Endourology. November 2008, 22(sl ): 1-340.

North Central Section of the American Urologic Association: "Fibroepithelial Polyps of the Ureter: A Single Institutional Experience."

Childs, MA, Krambeck AE, Sebo SJ, Gettman MT. The Canadian Journal of Urology. Oct 2008. Volume 15; Issue 5.

GW9662 inhibition of PPARy abrogates the protective function of enteral glutamine.

N Sato, Childs MA, Moore FA, Zou L, Kone BC, Schultz SG, Kozar RA. Shock. 2005;23, suppl 3:51.

Urinary Metabolic Abnormalities and the Pathogenesis of Bladder Calculi in Men with Urinary Retention.

Childs MA, Krambeck AE, Rangel LJ, Lingeman JE, Mynderse, LA. (In preparation)

Factors Influencing Urologist Treatment Preference In Surgical Management Of Stone Disease.

Childs MA, Rangel LJ, Lingeman JE, KrambeckAE. Urology. 2012;79(5): 996-1003.

Simultaneous Treatment of Upper Tract Stone Disease at Time of Radical Prostatectomy.

Viers BR, Childs MA, Krambeck AE. (In preparation)

Prognostic Significance of a Positive Margin at the Bladder Neck in Prostate Cancer.

Umbreit EC, Karnes RJ, Childs MA, Rangel LJ, Carlson R, Blute ML. World Journal of Urology (accepted)

Metastatic Potential of Renal Cell Carcinoma According to Tumor Size at Presentation.

Umbreit EC, Shimko MS, Childs MA, Lohse CM, Cheville JC, Leibovich BC, Thompson RH. British Journal of Urology International. 2012:109(2):190-194.

Metachronous Oncocytoma and the Risk of Metachronous Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Childs MA, Umbreit EC, Breau R, Thompson RH, Lohse, C, Cheville JC, Leibovich BC. British Journal of Urology International. 2011;108(6):816-819.

Early Results of Chemotherapy with Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for Isolated Retroperitoneal Recurrence of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma After Nephroureterectomy.

Childs MA, Wood CG, Spiess PE, Debiane LG, Hernandez M, Matin SF, Millikan RE, Sietker-Radtkie A, Scott SM, Pisters LL. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2010: Jun;l 7(3):5184-9.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Large or Multiple Upper Tract Calculi in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney disease.

Umbreit EC, Childs MA, Patterson, DE, Torres VE, LeRoy AJ, Gettman MT. Journal of Urology. 2010 Jan;183(1):183-187.

Fibroepithelial Polyps of the Ureter: A Single Institutional Experience.

Childs MA, Umbreit EC, KrambeckAE, Sebo TJ, Patterson D, Gettman MT. Journal of Endourology. 2009 Sep;23(9):1415-19.

Robot-assisted laparoscopic transvesical diverticulectomy and simple prostatectomy.

Magera, JS, Childs, MA, Frank I. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2008: 2 (3): 205-208.

Differential induction of PPAR gamma by luminal glutamine and iNOS by luminal arginine in the rodent post ischemic small bowel.

Sato, N, Moore FA, Kone BC, Zou L, Smith MA, Childs MA, Olufemi-Moore, S, Schultz SG, Kozar RA. American Journal of Physiology Gastrointestinal Liver Physiology. 2006 Apr;290(4):G616-23. Epub 2005 Oct 27.

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