As one young woman prepared to go on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints she discovered a heart condition she was unaware of, a heart...
Health care methods and practices are always evolving. These improvements usually come from failure and the reevaluation that follows such failures. Dr. John Ryan, MD, MB, BCh, BAO, Associate Professor...
An exciting new paper on Cell Metabolism has recently been published by Dr. Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC and his team. This paper discusses how the pyruvate-lactate axis modulates cardiac...
The metabolic rewiring of cardiomyocytes is a widely accepted hallmark of heart failure (HF). These metabolic changes include a decrease in mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation and an increased export of lactate...
The University of Utah Cardiac Transplant Program has performed over 1,500 heart transplants over the last 35 years. Some of the recipients of these transplants talked about how their lives...
Misinformation comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be particularly challenging to tell fact from fiction when it comes to medical misinformation. Dr. John Ryan, MD, Assistant Professor in...
South Asian Americans have a higher risk of heart disease or cardiovascular complications. Although many different studies are being conducted to find an answer for this issue, there is still...
The University of Utah Hospital recently performed its' first ever triple organ transplant, giving one army veteran a new chance at life. Dr. Josef Stehlik, one of the cardiologists involved...
Congratulations to four faculty members from the Department of Internal Medicine to be selected for the 2021-2022 Vice President's Clinical & Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars: Dr. Rebecca Overbury, Division of...
Since the early months of the pandemic the University of Utah has been dedicating time and resources to researching COVID-19. From treatments, to causes and hopefully eventually the curing of...
Heart Failure can take a significant toll on those who experience it due to the damage done to their hearts. In an exciting new multicentered study, researchers have discovered a...
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is proud to announce that Sharon Ugolini, MSN, RN has been named the winner of the 2020 Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Nursing Investigator...
Dr. Kevin Shah, MD, Cardiologist at the U of U Health responds to questions about the effects of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system and talks about what they know right...
In this article Dr. Kevin Shah, MD, Cardiologist at the U of U Health discusses the research being conducted at the University regarding the long term impacts COVID-19 has on...
At first it was believed that COVID-19 was primarily a respiratory virus that only attacked the lungs. As scientists learn more about the virus it has become clear that it...
Although heart attacks affect men and women similarly, the symptoms they experience can be different. In this interview with Dr. John Ryan, MD, MB, BCH, BAO, a cardiologist from the...
A study conducted by principal investigator Dr. Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD at the University of Utah Health has been awarded a new grant by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute...
The Department of Internal Medicine and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine are proud to announce Dr. Dipayan Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, has accepted the invitation to be apart of the Myocardial...
The Department of Internal Medicine congratulates Dr. Line Kemeyou, MD for being one of four faculty members to be chosen for the Academic Medicine Writing Fellowship at the National Center...
The Department of Internal Medicine remembers Dr. Frederick Anderson, a long time faculty member in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine who passed away on June 8th. He is remembered for...
One staff member from the Department of Internal Medicine will be highlighted monthly as part of our "From the Desk Of" staff recognition initiative. This month's featured staff member is...
