Dr. Tasian a tenured Associate Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. His research program is based at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he is a practicing pediatric urologist specializing in the surgical and medical management of children with kidney stone disease. He completed his Urology residency at UCSF and pediatric urology fellowship at CHOP. Dr. Tasian earned Masters of Science degrees in neuroscience (Oxford) and clinical epidemiology (Penn). He is the Director of the 30-site PCORI- and NIH-funded Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) Care Improvement Network and leads CHOP’s Center for Outcomes REsearch in Surgery (CORES). His research group uses a combination of randomized trials, prospective observational studies, and large data analytics to generate knowledge that improves outcomes for individuals with kidney stone disease across the lifespan. His research program has been continuously supported by the NIH and PCORI since he finished fellowship and he has published over 150 research articles in leading peer-reviewed journals. His research has been covered extensively in the press, including The New York Times, ABC News, The Guardian, and CNN.