Dr. Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Medical Information Officer and Assistant Professor in General Medicine at the U of U Health, recently shared her personal and family experience with...
Congratulations to Drs. Molly Conroy (Professor & Chief, General Internal Medicine) and Kensaku Kawamoto (Vice Chair & Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics) for their new NIH grant to promote and research...
Dr. Amy Cowan (Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine) discusses diversity, discrimination, and inclusive teaching practices in the latest episode of Teaching in Medicine. What were some of Dr. Cowan's early...
Congratulations to Dr. Lindsey Synder and her faculty mentorship team for her SGIM research award for "Predicting postdischarge hospital-associated venous thromboembolism among medical patients using a validated mortality risk score...
As the number of COVID-19 patients continues to climb across the country, some doctors say people are desperate to find any kind of coronavirus treatment. Researchers, including Dr. Rachel Hess...
No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, but in health care, it’s part of the job. Fortunately, there’s a simple framework to help. Hospitalist and UACT co-director...
Hospitalist Ryan Murphy (Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine) reflects on the care his dad received as one of Utah’s first hospitalized COVID-19 patients. His experience shaped how he communicates with...
Dr. Rachel Hess (Professor, General Internal Medicine) recently appeared on the Silicon Slopes podcast to discuss her trial of hydroxychloroquine and its possible effectiveness as a treatment for COVID-19.
The Salt Lake City VA hospital has increased its capacity for in-patient hospital beds and ICU beds in anticipation of more COVID-19 patients, increasing overall capacity from 127 in-patient beds...
On the COVID-19 frontline, University of Utah Health providers Dr. Emily Signor (Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine) and Eugene Scerbo (Nurse Practitioner, General Internal Medicine) discover a deeper connection to...
The Division of General Internal Medicine has been an early adopter of automated office blood pressure (AOBP), which has been shown to provide more accurate blood pressure measurements.
Congratulations to Rachel Montague, a nurse practitioner in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the University Supportive and Palliative Care Program - she was awarded a 2020 HPNF scholarship.
The #ProudtobeGIM campaign, launched in 2015 by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), aims to expose medical students and residents to career opportunities in general internal medicine and the...
