Amanda B. Breviu, MD
Division of General Internal Medicine
July 1, 2017

Amanda Breviu, MD, is a clinical instructor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Hospital. As a hospitalist, her clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients, quality improvement and the education of medical students and residents. 

Dr. Breviu received her MD from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2013. She received training in internal medicine from the University of Utah where she also served as chief medical resident following her residency. She joined the University of Utah Division of General Internal Medicine in 2017. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Jeanette Brown, MD, PhD
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
July 1, 2017

Jeanette P Brown, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She grew up in a military family and lived in Colorado, Texas, Japan and Germany. She attended the University of Utah and completed a BS in Medical Laboratory Sciences. She then completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Colorado and obtained her medical degree and PhD in immunology. Her PhD focus was on models of allergic asthma with an emphasis of T cell and dendritic cell interaction. She moved to the University of Michigan and completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine. She was a clinical lecturer for one year and then was promoted to clinical assistant professor. She moved to Utah in 2017 to join the faculty at the University of Utah.

Her current inpatient and outpatient clinical focus is on patients with chronic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation due to neuromuscular diseases including spinal cord injury, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), muscular dystrophy and many other diseases. She enjoys working with other providers from neurology and physical medicine and rehabilitation to care for these complex patients in a multidisciplinary setting. She also has experience managing diaphragm pacers in patients with spinal cord injuries and central congenital hypoventilation syndrome.

David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH, SM
Division of Gastroenterology
September 18, 2017

Dr. Bjorkman completed his medical school training at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, MA, serving as chief resident at West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston, MA. He joined the faculty at the University of Utah School of Medicine in gastroenterology in 1985. He subsequently earned his MSPH. in Health Services Administration at University of Utah then his M.Sc. in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA. Dr. Bjorkman served as the dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine from 2004-2011, then became dean of the new College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University from 2011-2016. He returned to the University of Utah in 2016. He is a past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and president of the World Gastroenterology Organization.

Dr. Bjorkman is a board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. He specializes in gastrointestinal bleeding and gastric mucosal disorders by also practices general gastroenterology.

Casey Gradick, MD, MPH
Division of General Internal Medicine
7/31/2017 

Casey Gradick, MD, MPH, is a clinical instructor at the University of Utah. As an internal medicine hospitalist, his clinical interests include global health, empathy in medicine, and medical education.

Dr. Gradick received his MD and MPH from the University of Minnesota. He received training in internal medicine and pediatrics from the University of Utah, where he also served as chief resident. He is currently a member of the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He also enjoys trail running, playing bass guitar, and poetry. 

Scott Holmstrom
Division of General Internal Medicine
8/28/2017

Scott Holmstrom, MD, is an assistant professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital.  As a hospitalist, his clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients with complex medical problems, quality improvement, and educating medical students and residents.

Dr. Holmstrom received his MD from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.  He received training in internal medicine from the University of Utah where he also served as chief medical resident. Dr. Holmstrom is board certified in internal medicine.

Homam Ibrahim, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
August 1, 2017

Dr. Ibrahim received his medical degree from University of Tishreen and then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at The Houston Methodist Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular diseases at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and Interventional Cardiology at Duke University. He subsequently completed a fellowship in advanced structural interventional cardiology at New York University. Dr. Ibrahim is board certified in General and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Ibrahim’s clinical interests include coronary artery disease and structural/valvular heart disease. Dr. Ibrahim will be seeing patients at the Cardiovascular Center here at the University Hospital and in Vernal, Utah.

Stephen Jenkins, MD
Division of General Internal Medicine
July 1, 2017

Stephen Jenkins, MD is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine within the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. As a hospitalist, his clinical interests include caring for acutely ill, hospitalized adult patients and transitions of care. Dr. Jenkins received his medical degree from the University of Utah in 2014. He completed Internal Medicine residency at the University of Utah in 2017.

Lynn M. Keenan, MD, FACP, FCCP
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
June 19, 2017

Lynn M. Keenan, M.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lived in Texas. Oregon and Washington State. She attended La Salle University and completed a BA in Biology and Religion. She received a Health Professions Scholarship from the US Army. She underwent advanced training at The Academy of Health Sciences Fort Sam Houston, Texas. She then completed her Doctor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She moved to Tacoma, Washington and completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center. She completed her training in Critical Care Medicine at University of Washington. She was promoted to Major in the US Army Medical Corp and moved to El Paso, Texas and served at William Beaumont Army Medical Center. She was director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit, assistant director of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, clinical instructor at the Academy of Health Sciences, and co-chair of the Ethics Committee. In 1997, she entered private practice in Eugene, Oregon. She worked with the physicians at The Oregon Clinic in Portland to receive training in Sleep Medicine. She received training in Percutaneous Tracheostomy at Oregon Health Sciences University. In 2001, she returned to Seattle, Washington to practice and teach students and residents at Virginia Mason Medical Center and Group Health Cooperative. In 2006, she underwent training in Endoscopic Ultrasound Bronchoscopy. Later, she joined UW Medicine at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center. She was an adjunct, clinical lecturer for one year and then was promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor. She moved to Utah in 2014 and now has joined the faculty at the University of Utah and George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Paige Allen Patterson, MD 
Division of General Internal Medicine
August 14, 2017

Paige Patterson, MD recently completed her fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at the University of Utah Hospital.  Prior to her fellowship she completed residency and internship in internal medicine and pediatrics at University of Utah Hospital, serving as chief resident from 2015-2016.  Dr. Patterson received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky in May, 2012.  Dr. Patterson is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics.  She is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Physicians.  She enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and dog, reading, and live music. 

Dr. Patterson will be working with the Palliative Care Service both at the University of Utah Hospital and at Huntsman Cancer Institute, with an Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic at Madsen Health Center. She will spend the majority of her time staffing Intensive Outpatient Clinic through the University of Utah Hospital. 

Greg Radin, MD
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
8/1/2017

Gregory Radin, M.D., is an assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He grew up in Connecticut and attended New York University where he completed a BA in Biology. He then completed His MD at Warrant Alpert Medical School at Brown University. He then moved to Boston and completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Boston University Medical Center. During fellowship his research focused on using genomics to identify subgroups of individuals with COPD.

Dr. Radin joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2017. Current clinical interests include general pulmonary consultation, COPD, asthma, pulmonary infectious diseases, and lung malignancy. Additionally, Dr. Radin attends in the ICU at the University, Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Austin B. Rupp, MD
Division of General Internal Medicine
July 1, 2017

Austin Rupp, MD, is a clinical instructor at the University of Utah Hospital. As a Hospitalist, his clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients, helping families navigate the healthcare system effectively, and medical student and resident education.

Dr. Rupp received his MD from the University of Nebraska. He received training in internal medicine from the University of Utah. He joined the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah following the completion of his residency. He is currently a member of the American College of Physicians.

Harry Senekjian, MD, FACP
Division of Nephrology
June 1, 2017

Dr Harry Senekjian is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. He received his BA in chemistry from Queens College in New York City, then MD from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, then his nephrology fellowship at the same institution. He remained at that institution on the faculty for five years, performing research and teaching nephrology. He moved to Utah in 1982 and has been in the practice of nephrology since then. He recently joined the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension at the University of Utah's and is practicing in Ogden.

Anu  Sharma, MD, BS
Division of Endocrinology
8/1/2017

Anu Sharma, MD,BS is appointed as assistant professor of medicine at the University of Utah. She hails from Trinidad and Tobago where she received her medical training at the University of the West Indies. Dr. Sharma completed her residency and chief medical residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Medical Center – St. Raphael Campus. She then pursued fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN in endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism and nutrition. During her endocrinology training she was involved in multiple clinical and translational research projects including, but not limited to, pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, Graves’ disease, hyperandrogenism and pituitary disease. She was also an active member of her fellowship’s education committee. Through serving the population at the University of Utah, she hopes to continue to learn, research and understand the underlying pathophysiology encountered at the University’s Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic (UDEC).

Trevor Smith, MD
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
August 8, 2017

The Division of Nephrology and Hypertension is excited to welcome Dr. Trevor R. Smith to the faculty as a clinical attending in internal medicine. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and attended medical school at St. Louis University in Missouri. He then completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the University of Utah Hospital and Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is a native of Utah and is excited to provide care to patients in Northern Utah and Western Wyoming.

Dr. Smith's primary clinical interests are in general nephrology including: glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, dialysis, transplantation and long-term care of patients. He also has a passion for caring for underserved populations. Dr Smith has been involved in national kidney meetings, and enjoys teaching future medical providers at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Benjamin N. Voorhies, MD
Division of Oncology
August 1, 2017

Benjamin N. Voorhies, MD, is a clinical instructor in the Division of Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and a Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) investigator. He cares for patients at the Huntsman Cancer Institute as well as at the South Jordan Health Center.

His current research interests include clinical trials that aim to identify new therapies for treatment of cancer, with special interest in the treatment of melanoma.