Dr. David Bjorkman, former Interim Department Chair of Internal Medicine, received the Distinguished Alumni Award while Dr. Valerie Vaughn, Assistant Professor and the Director of Hospital Medicine Research in the...
UQuAL co-directors Dr. Valerie Vaughn and Dr. Julia Szymczak were awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to support the Reducing Overuse of...
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Lappe, Assistant Professor and hospitalist in Internal Medicine, on winning the 2023 Peer Recognition for Excellence in Educational Leadership.
Dr. Victoria Vardell and Dr. Alex Zheutlin have successfully completed their internal medicine residencies and the rigorous requirements of the StARR Research Training Program.
Last month, the annual Staff Excellence Awards ceremony took place, honoring the hard work, dedication, and exceptional contributions of employees within our department.
Dr. Valerie Vaughn, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected for the 2023-2024 NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence program.
Congratulations to Dr. Casey Gradick in the Division of General Internal Medicine, who has been selected to receive the 2023 Early Career Educator Award in Health Sciences.
In this Viewpoint, we discuss implications of the recent White House National Drug Control Strategy. While the Strategy outlines a bold path to improve substance use care and reduce overdose...
Each month, one staff member from the Department of Internal Medicine will be highlighted in our staff recognition program called "From the Desk Of..." We are fortunate to have such...
Dr. Michael (Mike) Incze recently received the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Mountain West Regional Award for Advocacy and Community Service. This award from SGIM recognizes Dr. Incze’s exceptional...
Several existing frameworks scaffold the process of efficiently discussing research articles. Most primarily focus on analyzing basic study design and outcomes. 1 While these skills remain fundamental to understanding medical...
Bacteria and clinicians have one thing in common: resistance. As widespread antibiotic use has increased, antimicrobial resistance has risen.1 Despite this, many clinicians remain resistant to changing their antibiotic-prescribing habits.1...
Thanks to the generous donation from Janet and Vincent Mancini, the Division of General Internal Medicine is conducting a quality improvement project on opioid use disorder.
The objective of this study was to evaluate current evidence and focus of patient-centered care for quality measurement in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). We conducted an environmental...
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to welcome the following faculty to the Division of General Internal Medicine: Sarah Eyberg, M.D. Dr. Sarah Eyberg (she/her) is an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics...
At University of Utah Health, our COVID-19 Clinic provides patient-focused care for individuals age 18 and older who struggle with long COVID—COVID-19 symptoms that persist long after a person has...
With only 45% of Utah residents fully vaccinated, Utah hospital systems are seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the Delta variant. Featuring Dr. Kencee Graves (Associate...
