Bethany Rose Cartwright, MD $$

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English

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Biography

Bethany Cartwright, M.D., Ph.D. is a pediatrician at Children's Health℠ and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has a specialized clinical interest in childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. She also consults on the multidisciplinary Adolescent Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery team.

She earned her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology and her medical degree from UT Southwestern in the Medical Scientist Training Program. Dr. Cartwright completed her general pediatrics residency and her pediatric endocrinology fellowship training at UT Southwestern as a member of the Pediatric Physician Scientist Training Program.

Dr. Cartwright performs basic and translational research in pediatric adipose development. She is the recipient of the W.W. Caruth Scholar Award and has participated in several training grants from the National Institutes of Health in the field of endocrinology and metabolism as well as cell and molecular biology. She is passionate about furthering medical education on obesity prevention and treatment for medical students, residents, and fellows.

I am particularly interested in educating health care providers about weight stigma.
Dr. Bethany Cartwright

"I am particularly interested in educating health care providers about weight stigma," Dr. Cartwright says. “As physicians, we need to make sure that all patients with larger bodies are treated with compassion, sensitivity and respect.”

In what little spare time her daughter allows, Dr. Cartwright enjoys cooking, gardening, dancing, knitting, science fiction, and playing board games with her husband.

Education and Training

Medical School
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2016)
Residency
UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2019), Pediatrics
Fellowship
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2022), Pediatric Endocrinology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics/Endocrinology
  • Research Interests

    • Adipose development and adipogenesis
    • Childhood obesity
    • Heterogeneity of adipocytes and their precursors
  • Publications

    • Seipin performs dissectible functions in promoting lipid droplet biogenesis and regulating droplet morphology. Cartwright BR, Binns DD, Hilton CL, Han S, Gao Q, Goodman JM, Mol Biol Cell 2015 Feb 26 4 726-39
    • Seipin: from human disease to molecular mechanism. Cartwright BR, Goodman JM, J Lipid Res 2012 Jun 53 6 1042-55
    • Yeast Est2p affects telomere length by influencing association of Rap1p with telomeric chromatin. Ji H, Adkins CJ, Cartwright BR, Friedman KL, Mol Cell Biol 2008 Apr 28 7 2380-90
  • Professional Activities

    • Dallas County Medical Society (2022)
    • Endocrine Society (2022)
    • Pediatric Endocrine Society (2022)
    • Texas Medical Association (2022)
    • The Obesity Society (2021)
  • Awards and Honors

    • W.W. Caruth Fellow Scholar (2021-2023), Children’s Health
    • Presidential Poster (2021), Pediatric Endocrine Society
    • Alpha Omega Alpha Resident Member (2019), Selected by UT Southwestern Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Students
    • Award for Excellence in Pediatric Medicine (2016), Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas
    • P.E.O. Scholar Award (2014), International Chapter of the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood

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