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Patrick C. Cartwright, M.D. Professor of Surgery Chief of Urology Division of Urology at the University of Utah

Patrick C. Cartwright, M.D. is Board Certified in Pediatric Urology with a practice limited to the care of children. Dr. Cartwright's training background includes the University of Texas--Southwestern Medical School, residency training in general surgery and urology at the University of Utah, and a fellowship in pediatric urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. After fellowship, he returned to Utah to join the faculty at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Medical Center.

Dr. Cartwright's practice is based at Primary Children's where he provides a full range of care and surgery for children with urologic disorders. This includes treating disorders of the male and female urinary and reproductive systems including problems of the adrenal glands, kidneys, ureters, bladder, testicles, spermatic cord and inguinal canal, penis, scrotum, urethra, vagina, and female genitals. Specific concerns for which he provides consultation and care include: genitourinary trauma, urinary tract infections, vesicoureteral reflux, hydronephrosis kidney (UPJ) or ureteral (UVJ) obstruction, fetal anomalies (i.e, antenatal hydronephrosis), tumors involving the urinary tract, retroperitoneum and pelvis (such as Wilm's tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma), neurogenic bladder from spina bifida or injury, urinary incontinence in children, hernia and undescended testicle, hydrocele, hypospadias, epispadias, penile chordee or curvature, bladder or cloacal exstrophy, kidney stones, abnormal urination, meatal stenosis and circumcision, disorders of sexual development and intersex (congenital adrenal hyperplasia). Dr. Cartwright is part of the Spina Bifida Clinic at Primary Children's and works there in concert with other specialists. For the past ten years, he has been voted to the list of "Top Doctors in America" (by his national peers), and in 2011 was rated in the top one percent (1 %).

Dr. Cartwright is a member of multiple medical organizations, is a reviewer for several journals, is a member of the American Urological Association (AUA) Exam Committee, is President-Elect of the Society for Pediatric Urology and President of the AUA-Western Section. He is the author of many original manuscripts and book chapters in his specialty. He currently serves as the Surgeon-in-Chief at Primary Children's Medical Center, as well as Chief of the Division of Urology and Interim Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah.