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St. Luke's Children's Bowel and Bladder Clinic

Our team works in partnership with primary care providers to assist children with issues such as voiding dysfunction, bowel and bladder incontinence, and chronic constipation. During your visit, your child may see a urologist, gastroenterologist, and/or a physical therapist, depending on his or her unique needs. We’ll also provide education and access to resources that will help support your child’s recommended care plan.

Patients are generally referred through their primary care physicians or another specialist. However, appropriate self-referrals are accepted.

We see patients on the third Monday of every month.
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Providers

  • Barbara R. Doherty, NP

    Pediatric Gastroenterology

    Biography

    Barbara Doherty, MSN, CRNP works to build relationships with the children she treats and their families, empowering them through all stages of growth and development.

    Barbie earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Boise State University, and her master’s degree as a nurse practitioner from Idaho State University. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, baking, and gardening. Her happiest moments are those spent playing outdoors with her husband and sons.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients

  • Joan V. Rigg, PT

    Physical Therapy

    Biography

    Joan Rigg, MS, PT specializes in orthopedics and pelvic health for men, women, and children. She has training and experience in the care and management of bowel and bladder dysfunction, including constipation, incontinence, pelvic pain, pregnancy, postpartum musculoskeletal issues, and gynecological issues such as pelvic organ prolapse. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor recreation and spending time with her family.

  • Kara N. Saperston, MD

    Pediatric Urology

    Biography

    Kara Saperston, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained pediatric urologist with expertise in minimally invasive and robotic surgery and the management of complex congenital anomalies and pediatric cancers of the kidneys, bladder, and external genitalia. She helped start the St. Luke's Children's Bowel and Bladder Clinic and will be helping initiate a multispecialty clinic to treat children born with complex genital anatomy. Her interests include treatment of hypospadias, urogenital sinus, posterior urethral valves, vesicoureteral reflux, undescended testicles, neurogenic bladder, bladder exstrophy, repair of a urogenital sinus, and urinary incontinence.

    Dr. Saperston has a passion for patient care and initially worked in Boise as a general urologist with an interest in pediatric urology. She recently extended her training by completing a fellowship in pediatric urology at the University of California, San Francisco, so that she could care for pediatric patients exclusively.

    SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

    • Robotic partial nephrectomy
    • Robotic nephrectomy
    • Robotic uretero-ureterostomy
    • Robotic pyeloplasty
    • Robotic ureteral reimplantation
    • Ureteral reimplantation
    • Deflux
    • Hypospadias repair
    • Vaginoplasty/clitoroplasty
    • Bladder augmentation
    • MACE
    • Laparoscopic MACE

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
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    Cass R. Smith, MD

    Pediatric Gastroenterology

    Availability

    Accepting new patients

  • Benjamin M. Taylor, NP

    Pediatric Urology

    Biography

    Benjamin Taylor, MS, NP-C is a certified family nurse practitioner who specializes in pediatric urology, with interests in vesicoureteral reflux and dysfunctional voiding. He assists pediatric urologists in the operating room during surgery.

    He earned his master’s degree as a nurse practitioner from Idaho State University and completed his undergraduate studies at Boise State University.

    Availability

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