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Emily Barnes

Emily Barnes, MD

Obstetrics Fellow

Dr. Emily Barnes will be starting her fellowship on August 1, 2023. She is originally from Cabot, Arkansas and moved to Durham, North Carolina to attend Duke University where she graduated with a bachelor’s in biology with a concentration in pharmacology and a certificate in global health. Between college and medical school, she took a year off to complete a fellowship at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project in rural Jamkhed, India which inspired her choice of family medicine as her specialty. She completed her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and then attended family medicine residency in Boise, ID at the Full Circle Health program graduating in 2022. In the year between residency and fellowship, she split her time between working as a locum tenens faculty member for the Full Circle Health Family Medicine Residency and spending several months in Guatemala and El Salvador as part of the Somos Hermanos program. Her medical interests include obstetrics, newborn and pediatric care, procedures, global health, and community development. Throughout her medical training, Emily has been fortunate enough to pursue her interests in medical education, global health, and community development through various experiences in the US, China, Peru, Guatemala, and El Salvador. In her free time, Emily enjoys running, hiking, skiing, traveling the world with her husband, and learning Spanish. She is excited to move to Salt Lake City to serve this community and to stay near beautiful mountains!

Kari Barnard

Kari Barnard, MD

Obstetrics Fellow

Dr. Kari Barnard will be starting her fellowship on August 1st, 2023. Kari is originally from Northern California where she spent her childhood backpacking and camping with her family. She has a keen interest in foreign travel, cultures, and languages. Before college, she spent a year in Southern Germany as a Rotary exchange student, learning German and living with host families. During college, she spent a summer living in South Korea tutoring children in English. She obtained a Bachelors degree in Spanish language from San Francisco State University, where she also studied abroad for a year in Santiago, Chile. After working for a few years in an ophthalmology practice in San Francisco, she started medical school at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, in Mexico. She then went on to complete her residency at Shasta Community Health Center in her hometown, serving as chief resident during her final year of residency. She always had a keen interest in women's health and obstetrics, but it was during residency that she really honed her interest in obstetrics and is excited to start her fellowship at the University of Utah. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, their newly welcomed infant son, and their Border-Aussie pup, Tulip. She also enjoys baking, sewing, and anything outdoors, including skiing, hiking, kayaking, and adventuring in their work-in-progress camp van, Dolly. She and her family are looking forward to finding permanent roots in a small mountain town or taking a faculty position at a rural family medicine residency program after completing the fellowship. 

Krystal Bramwell

Krystal Bramwell, MD

Obstetrics Fellow

Dr. Krystal Bramwell will be starting her fellowship on July 25, 2023. She did her undergraduate education at Georgia State University and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology with advanced honors and research honors distinction. She received her medical training from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. During medical school, she established the Public Health and Preventative Medicine Student Organization which engaged medical students in the community while targeting local health disparities through interdisciplinary efforts. Krystal completed her residency at Phoebe Family Medicine Residency in Albany, Georgia. Her interests include obstetrics, newborn care, rural medicine, and outpatient procedures. During her free time, she enjoys making soap, outdoor activities, spending time with family, and traveling. She is a National Health Service Corp Scholar and will be serving underserved communities in full scope Family Medicine following fellowship. 

Erica Meninno

Erica Meninno, MD

Obstetrics Fellow

Originally from a small town north of Boston, Erica attended Boston College, where the Jesuits inspired her future career path. Erica joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, worked at Chrysalis in Los Angeles and then at St. Francis House in Boston as a case manager for individuals experiencing homelessness.

As a student at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Erica merged her prior professional experience with her newly developing clinical skills. She spent evenings providing resources and basic medical care to individuals on the street through Georgetown Street Medicine Outreach and ran workshops across DC, distributing naloxone and empowering community members to intervene to save a life from the opioid epidemic. 

During residency at New York Presbyterian-Columbia, she honed her Spanish language skills, led wellness initiatives, and participated in quality improvement and curriculum development. Erica is thrilled to take care of and learn from patients in Salt Lake City. She is driven to continue to explore how the medical community can contribute to our patients’ well-being and fulfillment.

In her free time, Erica enjoys jewelry-making, cooking (and eating) with her husband, and visiting gardens for inspiration for her apartment plants.