Cherie P. Brunker

Cherie P. Brunker, MD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Geriatrics

Dr. Brunker grew up in Salt Lake City and was a Presidential Scholar and member of Phi Betta Kappa at the University of Utah where she graduated Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry. Following her fellowship in Geriatrics, she joined the University of Utah Division of Geriatrics in 1993 as an instructor in medicine, and became an Associate Professor of Medicine in 2010. She is part of the fulltime faculty at Intermountain Healthcare where she has been Chief of Geriatrics since 2003. Dr. Brunker is a member of the Center of Aging and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Dr. Brunker's research interests include care management, medical home, quality measures and healthcare delivery for older adults.

Education History

Undergraduate University of Utah
 BS
Professional Medical University of Utah Hospital School of Medicine
 MD
Internship Deaconess Medical Center-Spokane
 Intern
Residency LDS Hospital
 Resident
Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Teerlink CC, Jurynec MJ, Hernandez R, Stevens J, Hughes DC, Brunker CP, Rowe K, Grunwald DJ, Facelli JC, Cannon-Albright LA (2021). A role for the MEGF6 gene in predisposition to osteoporosis. Ann Hum Genet, 85(2), 58-72.
  2. Dorr DA, Jones SS, Burns L, Donnelly SM, Brunker CP, Wilcox A, Clayton P (2006). Use of health-related, quality-of-life metrics to predict mortality and hospitalizations in community-dwelling seniors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54(4), 667-73.
  3. Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Farrell TW, Solberg LI, Berry CA, Calman NS, Cronholm PF, Donahue KE, Driscoll DL, Hauser D, McAllister JW, Mehta SN, Reid RJ, Tai-Seale M, Wise CG, Fetters MD, Holtrop JS, Rodriguez HP, Brunker CP, McGinley EL, Day RL, Scammon DL, Harrison MI, Genevro JL, Gabbay RA, Magill M (2018). Implementation of Care Management: An Analysis of Recent AHRQ Research. Medical care research and review, 75(1), 46-65.
  4. Atreja A, Buck M, Jain A, Brunker C, Suh TT, Harris CM, Palmer R, Wilcox (2009). Drug-age alerting for outpatient geriatric prescriptions: a joint study using interoperable standards. AMIA Annu Symp Proc, 2005:886. Proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 886.
  5. Wilcox AB, Dorr DA, Burns L, Jones S, Poll J, Brunker (2009). Physician Perspectives of Nurse Care Management Located in Primary Care Clinics. Care management journals, 8(2), 58-63.
  6. Weir C, Brunker C, Butler J, Supiano M (2017). Making cognitive decision support work: Facilitating adoption, knowledge and behavior change through QI. Journal of biomedical informatics, 71S, S32-S38.
  7. Farrell TW, Supiano KP, Wong B, Luptak MK, Luther B, Andersen TC, Wilson R, Wilby F, Yang R, Pepper GA, Brunker C (2018). Individual versus interprofessional team performance in formulating care transition plans: A randomised study of trainees from five professional groups. Journal of interprofessional care, 32(3), 313-320.
  8. Atreja A, Buck M, Jain A, Brunker C, Suh TT, Harris CM, Palmer R, Wilcox (2005). Drug-age alerting for outpatient geriatric prescriptions: a joint study using interoperable drug standards. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 886.
  9. Wilcox AB, Jones SS, Dorr DA, Cannon W, Burns L, Radican K, Christensen K, Brunker C, Larsen A, Narus SP, Thornton SN, Clayton P (2005). Use and impact of a computer-generated patient summary worksheet for primary care. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 824-8.
  10. Bartholomew CL, Muhlestein JB, May HT, Le VT, Galenko O, Garrett KD, Brunker C, Hopkins RO, Carlquist JF, Knowlton KU, Anderson JL, Bailey BW, Horne B (2021). Randomized controlled trial of once-per-week intermittent fasting for health improvement: the WONDERFUL trial. European heart journal open, 1(2), oeab026.

Abstract

  1. Brunker CP, Widmier L, Burdon R, Door DA, Butterworth (2009). Curriculum for Care Managers: Expanding Skill Sets (poster presentation), American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(4), S132.
  2. Weir C, McLeskey N, Brunker C, Brooks D, Supiano M (2009). Keys to successful implementation of a QI-based, geriatric education intervention for primary care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(4), 56-7.
  3. Brunker CP, Dorr DA, Czerniak S, Olsen G (2009). The Role of Technology in Improving the Health of Older Adults(poster presentation) American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL. 57(4), S148.