John Phillip Gearhart (born 1949) is an American professor in paediatrics and urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is known for his work in treating children born with genitourinary tract deformities, including bladder exstrophy and epispadias.
John Gearhart | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Education | |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Surgeon |
| Field | Urology, paediatrics |
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Early life and education
editJohn Gearhart' was born in 1949 in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] He gined a bachelor's degree in biology in 1971 from Morehead State University and his MD in 1975 from the University of Louisville School of Medicine.[1][2]
Career
editGearhart completed his internship at the Medical College of Georgia.[1][2] There, he also did two residencies; a general surgery post that ended in 1977 and then a place in urology completed in 1980.[2] He subsequently received a one-year fellowship in paediatric urology at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, in Liverpool, England.[1] For two years he worked as a urologist at St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, back in the US.[1] In 1985 he joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as associate professor of paediatric urology, having completed a two year fellowship there in the same field.[1] In 1991, he was appointed director of paediatric urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[1] Four years later he was appointed professor of paediatric urology at Johns Hopkins, where he treats children born with genitourinary tract deformities, including bladder exstrophy and epispadias.[1]
Other roles
editGearhart co-founded the Society of Reconstructive Genitourinary Surgeons.[3]
Awards and honours
editGearhart was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2008.[4]
Selected publications
editArticles
edit- Gearhart, John P. (June 2001). "Complete repair of bladder exstrophy in the newborn: complications and management". The Journal of Urology. 165 (6 Pt 2): 2431–2433. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66222-2. ISSN 0022-5347. PMID 11371948.
- Maxon, Victoria; Haffar, Ahmad; Michel, Chloe A.; Hirsch, Alexander M.; Robey, Catherine; Heap, David; Galansky, Logan; Gearhart, John; Di Carlo, Heather; Crigger, Chad B. (October 2024). "A Rocky Road: Bladder Stones in the Augmented Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex Patient". Urology. 192: 100–104. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2024.07.001. ISSN 1527-9995. PMID 38986957. (Co-author)
- Gearhart, John P.; Jeffs, Robert D. (August 1989). "Bladder exstrophy: increase in capacity following epispadias repair". The Journal of Urology. 142 (2 Pt 2): 525–526, discussion 542–543. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38804-3. ISSN 0022-5347. PMID 2746772. (Co-author)
- Peters, Craig A.; Gearhart, John P.; Jeffs, Robert D. (1988). "Epispadias and incontinence: The challenge of the small bladder". Journal of Urology. 140 (5 PART II): 1199–1201. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)42001-5. ISSN 0022-5347. PMID 3184295.
Books
edit- Pediatric Urology. Springer. 2003. ISBN 978-1-59259-421-4.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Gearhart, John Phillip". medicalarchives.jhmi.edu. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Paediatric urologist John P. Gearhart credits MSU preparation for his success". 27 March 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Dr. John Phillip Gearhart, MD". profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Baltimore, Donor Engagement 3400 North Charles Street; Relations, Alumni (23 June 2016). "John P. Gearhart - Named Deanships, Directorships, and Professorships". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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