From watching his grandfather excel as a physician and his father as a urologist, Anthony Wayne Middleton Jr. became inspired to pursue a career in the medical field in his own right. Today, he is a board-certified urologist and educator holding more than four decades of service to his patients and students. Dr. Middleton attained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah in 1963 and a Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University in 1966. Continuing his medical requirements, he completed a medical internship at the University of Utah Hospital, as well as a residency in urology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston by 1974.

At the start of his career, in 1974, Dr. Middleton established Middleton Urological Associates, a private practice in Salt Lake City, where he cared for patients until 2005. In addition, he has been an associate clinical professor of surgery at the University of Utah since 1977, having assumed numerous additional leadership roles with the school, including service on the Emeritus and Alumnus Board and the School of Medicine Admissions Committee. Since 2009, Dr. Middleton has also been a member of the University of Utah School of Medicine Urology staff. Alongside to his work for the University of Utah, Dr. Middleton has been affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Intellectual Reserve Inc. as a mission medical staff member, medical consultant and physician provider since 2008.

Renowned for his exceptional knowledge and expertise in urology, Dr. Middleton was the recipient of the Distinguished Service National Award from the American Urologic Association in 2011. Additionally, he took home Outstanding Services Awards from the Western Section of the American Urological Association and the American Urologic Association in 2005, as well as Distinguished Service Awards from the American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. in 2000 and the Utah Medical Association in 1993. To add to his notable achievements, Dr. Middleton served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1970.

Dr. Middleton finds the human interaction of his profession to be the most rewarding aspect of his work. With this sentiment, he enjoys taking a patient with a challenging problem or someone who comes in with considerable pain and having the ability to diagnose the problem, as well as usually finding a way to make them whole again. He adds the field is a constantly changing kaleidoscope of understanding, as there is still so much to learn about the human body that remains unknown. Dr. Middleton’s advice to aspiring medical professionals is to look at the position as more of a calling than a vocation.