Bethany Cartwright, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Cartwright is an Assistant Instructor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and the 2021 W.W. Caruth Fellow Scholar at Children’s Health. She earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology with minors in Chemistry and English at Vanderbilt University. She is a graduate of the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern where she earned both her medical degree and a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology. She then trained in the Pediatric Physician Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern, where she completed residency in General Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology. Her clinical interest is in pediatric obesity and type 2 diabetes, and she is the medical consultant on the multidisciplinary Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Team at Children’s Health. She performs basic and translational research in adipose development under the mentorship of Dr. Philipp Scherer and Dr. Rana Gupta, and her work on the cellular heterogeneity of pediatric adipose tissue is designed to better understand the unique biology of childhood-onset obesity and its implications for health. She also has an interest in medical education and advocacy regarding weight stigma and is dedicated to ensuring that all patients with larger bodies are treated with compassion, sensitivity, and respect.