Carolina Fermin Risso

Pediatric Urologist | Clinical Lecturer | Educator & Researcher

Passionate and dedicated Pediatric Urologist and Clinical Lecturer with over a decade of international experience in academic medicine, surgical education, and multidisciplinary pediatric care. Recognized for excellence in leadership, patient-centered innovation, and mentorship, with a commitment to advancing pediatric urology through research, collaboration, and teaching.

• Member of the Sociedad Iberoamericana de Urologia Pediatrica since 2025
• Member of the Canadian Urological Association. Since 2015
• Member of the Alberta Medical Association. Since 2013
• Member of the Venezuelan Urological Association. Since 2010
• Member of the Venezuelan General Surgery Association. Since 2007
• Member of the Sociedad Iberoamericana de Urologia Pediatrica since 2025

• Pediatric Urology Fellowship Certificate. University of Calgary Feb 2015
• General Register – Practice Permit (Pediatric Urology). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Since Mar 2015
• Postgraduate Trainee & Physician Extender Surgical Assistant Permit. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. Jan 2013 – Feb 2015
• Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Examination (MCCEE). MCC May 2011
• Academic IELTS Conestoga College. Kitchener, ON. Canada. Nov 2012
• Urology Specialist Certificate. Central University of Venezuela. Jun 2010
• General Surgery Specialist Certificate. Central University of Venezuela.
• Independent Practice Permit Urology and General Surgery. College of Physicians of the Metropolitan District of Caracas. Since Jun 2001

• Critical Leadership Conversations course, Alberta Health Services 2024-2025
• Leadership Communication Temerty Faculty od Medicine, University of Toronto Oct 2024
• Surgical Treatments for Colorectal Conditions in Children, Children's Hospital Colorado, April 2024
• Pediatric Advanced life support , ACH Jan 2023
• Johns Hopkins Bladder Exstrophy Boot Camp 2016. Baltimore. MD. USA. May 2016
• Surgical Education: Principles and Practice course. American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL. USA. Oct 2015
• Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Course. Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto, ON. Canada. Aug 2012
• Laparoscopic Skills Training and Suturing. Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Oncology: Renal, Prostate, Bladder. Clinical Research for the Practicing Urologist. Primary and Reoperative Hypospadias Repair: Evidence-Based Decision-Making. Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery Urethral Reconstruction 2012 AUA Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. USA. May 2012
• I Course of Minimum Invasion Surgery of The Thyroid Gland. Caracas, Venezuela. Jan 2006
• In-Vitro Laparoscopic Training. EthiconEndo-Surgery, Inc. Caracas, Venezuela. Sep 2004
• Advance Cardiopulmonary Life Support. CEIPEM/NOVA. Caracas, Venezuela. Oct 2001

• 2nd Johns Hopkins Bladder Exstrophy Boot Camp The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute. Baltimore. MD. USA. May 2016.
• 2015 PUA and CUA Annual Meetings Lake Louise, AB and Ottawa, ON. Canada. Feb 2015 and Jun 2015
• 2014PUA and CUA Annual Meetings. Lake Louise, AB and St. John’s. NL. Canada. Feb 2015 and Jun2014
• 2014 American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. USA. May 2014
• 2013 CUA Annual Meeting. Niagara Falls, ON. Canada. Jun2013
• 2012 CUA Annual Meeting. Banff, AB. Canada. Jun 2012
• Medical Culture and Communication. Health Force Ontario. Toronto. ON. Canada. Feb2012 – Mar 2012
• Sexology 2009: A Multidisciplinary Vision. Venezuelan Associations of Internal Medicine, Sexology, Urology and General Medicine. Caracas, Venezuela. Nov2009
• I UrologicalConference. Miguel Perez Carreño Hospital and Venezuelan Urology Association. Caracas, Venezuela. Oct 2009
• VI National Meeting of Urology Residents. VenezuelanUrologyAssociation. Miranda. Venezuela. Jun 2009
• 2009 American Urological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago. USA. Apr2009
• I Metropolitan Conference of Endourology and Extracorporeal Lithotripsy. VenezuelanUrologyAssociation. Caracas, Venezuela. Apr2009
• V Urology Symposium “Dr. David Osorio”. VenezuelanUrologyAssociation. Caracas, Venezuela. Apr2008
• Methodological Models in the Design of Scientific Research. Central University of Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. Mar 2003
• Biostatistics. Central University of Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. Feb 2003

• Dextranomer/hyaluronic acid injections for patients with vesicoureteral reflux: Does the age at injection predict the outcome?. Bryce Weber 1, Faisal Mandourah 2 3, Amr Hodhod 1 2, Hadeel Eid 4, Carolina Fermin-Risso 1, Mutaz Farhad 1, Steven Lu 5, Jarrah Aburezq 1, Abdullah Al-Soufiani 2, Anthony Cook 1, Mohamed El-Gharbaway 6. 2025 Jul 8.Can Urol Assoc J
• A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating Pain Outcomes of Ketorolac Administration in Children Undergoing CircumcisionDaniel A. Diaz

       Bryce Anton Weber, Carolina Fermin-Risso, Anthony Cook and Adam Spencer Journal of Urology Pediatrics I (IP09)1 May 2025

• Significant improvement in hydronephrosis with pyeloplasty prior to 3 months of age in patients with antenatal severe hydronephrosis Amr Hodhod 1, Hadeel Eid 2 3, Carolina Fermin-Risso 4, Mutaz Farhad 4, Jarah Aburezq 4, Anthony Cook 4, Bryce Weber 4 . 2024 Aug;56(8):2467-2473.Int Urol Nephrol . Epub 2024 Mar 20.
• Ectopic Testicle. Honorific Award. XXII National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Urology Association. Maracaibo. Venezuela. Aug 2008
• Varicocele. Pediatric Surgery Rounds. Alberta Children’s Hospital. Mar 2019
• Managing the Retractile Testicles.43 rd Family Practice Review and Update Course. University of Calgary. Nov 2018
• Urethral Trauma in Pediatrics: Case Review. Trauma Grand Rounds. Alberta Children’s Hospital.Jun 2018
• Ins and Outs of Pediatric Urology.. EPIC Conference. Excellence in Pediatric Innovation Care. Alberta Children’s Hospital. Apr 2018
• What is Going on Down There? An update on Pediatric Urology Research. Pediatric Surgery Special Rounds. University of Calgary.
  Nov 2016
• Obstructive Uropathy.. Annual Education day Unit 3 - Pediatric Urology. Alberta Children’s Hospital. Nov 2015
• Delayed ureteric obstruction after STING procedure (Deflux) in children and potential. management strategy. 62nd Prairie Urological Association Annual Meeting. Lake Louise. AB. Canada. Feb 2015. and CUA Annual Meeting. Ottawa. ON. Canada. Jun 2015.
• Incidence and management of blunt renal trauma: experience at a pediatric trauma center in an alpine metropolitan city. Feb 2015. 62nd Prairie Urological Association Annual Meeting. Lake Louise. AB. Canada. 2015 CUA Annual Meeting. ON. Canada.Samir Sami (student), Adrian Frusescu, Carolina Fermin Risso, Anthony Cook, Bryce Weber.
• Urinary diversions Annual Education day Unit 3 - Pediatric Urology. Alberta Children’s Hospital. Nov 2014
• Controversies in Pediatric Urology Pediatric Urology. Alberta Children’s Hospital Grand Rounds. Dec 2014
• Intravesical Onabotulinumtoxin A use in open pediatric urologic reconstruction cases effect on peri-operative complications and hospital stay in children with neurogenic bladder. 61st Prairie Urological Association Annual Meeting. Lake Louise. AB. Canada. Feb 2014.
• Intravesical Onabotulinumtoxin A use in open pediatric urologic reconstruction cases effect on peri-operative complications and hospital stay in children with neurogenic bladder.CUA Annual Meeting. St. John’s. NL. Canada. June 2014.
• Case Report: Yolk-Sac Tumour.XIII Urology National Inter-Departmental Conference “Dr. Rafael Guzman Arostegui”.Maturin, Venezuela.
  Jul 2009
• Ectopic Testicle. Honorific Award. XXII National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Urology Association. Maracaibo. Venezuela.
  Aug 2008
• Cantele, Hector. Mendez, Arlene. Fermin, Carolina.Semiotics Interpretation of Colon Pathologies. Surgical
  Semiology and Pathology. Chapter 36. Pages 403-412. McGraw-Hill Interamericana. 2003. ISBN 980-373-
  051-7. Bogota, Colombia.
• Fermin, Carolina et al. Conservative Management of Severe Renal Trauma on Patients of the Urology and
  Surgery Department at Miguel Perez Carreño Hospital, Period Mar/2005-Sept/2009. Feb 2010.
  UrologySpecialist Final Research Project. Miguel Perez Carreño Hospital – Universidad Central de Venezuela.
  Caracas, Venezuela.
  
• Fermin Risso, Carolina. et al. Ectopic Testicle. Honorific Award. Aug/2008. XXII National Congress of Urology.
  Venezuelan Urology Association. Maracaibo. Venezuela.
  
• Urdaneta, Diego et al. Pre and Post Operation Gleason Scale Correlation of Prostatic Biopsies. Jul/2009. XIII
  Urology National Inter-Departmental Conference “Dr. Rafael Guzman Arostegui”. Maturin, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina. et al. Case Report: Yolk-Sac Tumour. Jul/2009. XIII Urology National Inter-Departmental
  Conference “Dr. Rafael Guzman Arostegui”. Maturin, Venezuela.
• Gomez, Bernardo et al. Endoscopic Management of Ureterovesical Stenosis in Patients with Renal Transplant.
  Aug/2008. XXII National Congress of Urology. Venezuelan Urology Association. Maracaibo. Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina. Conservative Management of Severe Renal Trauma. Department of Surgery at Miguel
  Perez Carreño Hospital. Period Mar/2005-Jul/2006.General SurgerySpecialist Final Research Project. Feb/2008.
  Miguel Perez Carreño Hospital – Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina et al. Endourological Procedures at Hospital Miguel Perez Carreño.Jul/2007. Urology
  Inter-DepartmentalConference “Dr Pilar Blanco Guevara”. Margarita, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina. Conservative Management of Severe Renal Trauma. Department of Surgery at Miguel Perez
  Carreño Hospital. Jun/2006. South American Congress of Trauma Shock. Caracas, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina et al.GlomusTumour in theCarotid. Department of Surgery III at Miguel Perez Carreño Hospital.
  Mar/2006. II International Congress of Surgery of the Venezuelan Society of Surgery and XXVIII Congress of
  Venezuelan Surgeons. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina et al.Mesenterio Cyst. A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain at Surgery Department of Miguel
  Perez Carreño Hospital.Mar/2006. II International Congress of Surgery of the Venezuelan Society of Surgery
  and XXVIII Congress of Venezuelan Surgeons. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• Fermin Risso, Carolina et al.Spontaneous Colecistocutaneous Fistula at the Surgery Department of Miguel Perez
  Carreño Hospital. Jul/2005. LXII NationalSurgeryConference “Dr. Armando Márquez Reverón”. Pto. La Cruz,
  Venezuela.
• Fermin, C.Isturiz, R. Zambrano, M. Incidence of Biliary Pathology and Its Main Handling at Victorino
  Santaella Ruiz Hospital. Period January to June 2002. Jul/2002. I Latin-American Congress of Postgraduate
  Residents in General Surgery. Valencia, Venezuela.
• Fermin, C.Isturiz, R. Zambrano, M.Incidence of Abdominal Trauma by Fire Weapons and Stabbing on Patients who
  Assisted to Victorino Santaella Ruiz Hospital. Period June 2001 - June 2002. Jul/2002. I Latin-American Congress of
  Postgraduate Residents in General Surgery. Valencia, Venezuela.