{{Short description|American surgeon and urologist}} '''Patrick C. Walsh''' is an American urologist, researcher and writer, best known for developing "the anatomic approach to radical prostatectomy", involving nerve-sparing techniques which reduced the likelihood of impotence and urinary incontinence. He authored ''The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them'' and ''Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer''.<ref name=jhu>{{Cite web|url=https://urology.jhu.edu/patrickwalsh/|title=Patrick C. Walsh, M.D.|website=urology.jhu.edu|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="KingFaisal">{{Cite web|url=https://kingfaisalprize.org/professor-patrick-c-walsh/|title=King Faisal Prize {{!}} Professor Patrick C. Walsh|language=en-US|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Giants">{{Cite web|url=https://www.giantsofcancercare.com/recipients/2014/17|title=Patrick C. Walsh, MD {{!}} Giants of Cancer Care|website=www.giantsofcancercare.com|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=Ren2022>{{cite book |last1=Sahin |first1=Selcuk |last2=Tugcu |first2=Volkan |editor1-last=Ren |editor1-first=Shancheng |editor2-last=Nathan |editor2-first=Senthil |editor3-last=Pavan |editor3-first=Nicola |editor4-last=Gu |editor4-first=Di |editor5-last=Sridhar |editor5-first=Ashwin |editor6-last=Autorino |editor6-first=Riccardo |title=Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Advanced Surgical Techniques |date=2022 |publisher=Springer |location=Switzerland |isbn=978-3-031-05855-4 |page=265 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owafEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR265|language=en |chapter=32. Tugcu Bakirkoy technique}}</ref>
==Life== Patrick Walsh grew up in Akron, Ohio, received his undergraduate and medical training at Case Western Reserve University.<ref name="balt_He's">{{Cite web |title=He's the doctor men request Prostate: Dr. Patrick Walsh of Johns Hopkins Hospital invented the modern technique for removing a cancerous prostate. International surgeons look over his shoulder to observe the master at work. |last=Bor |first=Jonathan |work=baltimoresun.com |date=14 May 1996 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-05-14-1996135115-story.html}}</ref> He performed his surgical residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and performed further training at the pediatric surgery at The Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. He also completed a residency in urology as well as a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of California Los Angeles, School of Medicine. He joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 1974, where he served as Chairman of the Urology Department and Director of the Brady Urologic Institute for many years. <ref name="hopk_Patr">{{Cite web |title=Patrick C Walsh, M.D., Professor of Urology {{!}} Johns Hopkins Medicine |author= |work=Johns Hopkins Medicine |date= |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/patrick-walsh}}</ref>
==Research== Walsh has been awarded numerous national and international honors. He has co-authored more than 600 articles and three books, including ''The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them''. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Campbell's Textbook of Urology'', and for his contributions the book was renamed in his honor.<ref name="hopk_Patr">{{Cite web |title=Patrick C Walsh, M.D., Professor of Urology {{!}} Johns Hopkins Medicine |author= |work=Johns Hopkins Medicine |date= |access-date=11 July 2021 |url= https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/patrick-walsh}}</ref>
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