Biography
David Ewalt, M.D., is a urologist at Children's Health℠ specializing in all surgical and medical conditions of the male and female urinary tract and reproductive organs. He provides circumcision, endourology (minimally invasive techniques used to examine the urinary tract and perform surgery), orchidopexy (surgery to move an undescended testicle (UDT) into the scrotum) and reconstructive urology.
He earned his medical degree from UT Southwestern, where he also completed general surgery and urology training. Dr. Ewalt then completed pediatric urology research and a clinical fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
I knew at an early age that I wanted to be a part of making a difference in the lives of children.
“I was inspired to become a physician at an early age by my father, who was a plastic surgeon, and by my mother, a registered nurse,” Dr. Ewalt says.“I knew at an early age that I wanted to be a part of making a difference in the lives of children.”
Dr. Ewalt is consistently selected as a Top Doctor in America by Castle Connolly Medical and has been featured in America's Top Doctors book and Texas Monthly "Super Doctors" for the last 15 years. Dr. Ewalt has also been recognized by D Magazine as a "Best Pediatric Specialist".
Dr. Ewalt enjoys playing golf, cooking and traveling with his wife outside of work.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1984)
- Internship
- Parkland Memorial Hospital (1985), General Practice
- Residency
- Parkland Memorial Hospital (1990), Urology
Parkland Memorial Hospital (1986), General Surgery - Fellowship
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1992), Pediatric Urology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Urology,
American Board of Urology(Pediatric Urology)
Conditions
- Absence of vagina or inadequate vaginal length in adolescents
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis)
- Bladder exstrophy
- Bladder stones
- Caudal regression syndrome (CRS)
- Chordee (penile curvature)
- Cloacal anomaly
- Cloacal exstrophy
- Concealed or buried penis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
- Constipation
- Cystinuria (inherited kidney stone disorder)
- Daytime wetting (urinary incontinence)
- Duplex kidney
- Duplicated uterus and or vagina
- Ectopic ureter
- Epididymal cyst (spermatocele)
- Epididymitis
- Epispadias
- Gonadal dysgenesis
- Hematuria (blood in urine)
- Horseshoe kidney
- Hydrocele
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypospadias
- Inguinal hernia (groin)
- Labial adhesions
- Meatal stenosis
- Megaureter
- Micropenis
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK)
- Nephrolithiasis (kidney and ureteral stones)
- Neurogenic bladder
- Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA) (Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome)
- Penile lesion
- Penile torsion
- Phimosis
- Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
- Posterior urethral valves (PUV)
- Prune belly syndrome (Eagle-Barrett syndrome)
- Recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Retractile testicles
- Spina bifida
- Spinal cord injury
- Testicular torsion
- Tethered spinal cord
- Torsion of the appendix testis and appendix epididymis
- Undescended testes (cryptorchidism - UDT)
- Ureterocele
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)
- Ureterovesical junction obstruction (UVJ)
- Urethral prolapse
- Urethral stricture
- Urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Urinary urgency and/or frequency
- Urogenital sinus
- Varicocele
- Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)
Treatments
- Pediatric bladder control
- Pediatric buccal mucosa vaginoplasty
- Pediatric circumcision
- Pediatric extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic bladder reconstruction
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty
- Pediatric robotic assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplant
- Pediatric ureteroscopy
- Pediatric video urodynamic study (VUDS)
- Bladder Augmentation
- HIDES Technique
- Hypospadias Repair
- Nephrectomy
- Orchiopexy
Departments and Programs
- Pediatric Bedwetting and Urinary Incontinence
- Pediatric Bladder - Kidney and Ureteral Stones
- Pediatric Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD)
- Female Genital and Vaginal Reconstruction
- Pediatric Male Genital Reconstruction
- Pediatric Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
- Pediatric Rare Genitourinary Birth Defects and Disorders
- Pediatric Spina Bifida and Neurogenic Bladder Center
- Pediatric Urology
- Prenatal Care for Urological Conditions
