New Faculty - July 2019
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Dani Babbel, MD Dr. Babbel grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. She studied Anthropology and Geography in her undergraduate years, which led to international travels with various research endeavors. She decided that she missed the hard sciences and that she wanted to work with patients, so she decided to pursue medicine. She loves living in Salt Lake because of her love for the four seasons, and because there are many opportunities to rock climb. |
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Nicholas Brening, MD Dr. Brening isoriginally from Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He completed his undergraduate at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska and medical school at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. He moved to Salt Lake City in 2015 for Internal Medicine residency and fell in love with the area and people. He was happy to complete a Geriatrics fellowship at the U of U last year. Dr. Brening is excited to be a part of the Division of Geriatrics and has a particular interest in the care of LGBT older adults. |
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Natalie Como, MD Dr. Como grew up in Kansas, then attended Duke University for her undergraduate education and Creighton University for medical school. She completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Utah in June 2019 and started working as a hospitalist this summer. |
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Richmond Doxey, MD, CCMS Dr. Doxey is an internist and culinary medicine specialist. His professional interests include the influence of food patterns and other lifestyle factors on chronic illness, and how to harness the power of lifestyle changes to prevent and treat chronic illness. Dr. Doxey has given several presentations and workshops at local, regional and national meetings on the Mediterranean Diet and its impact on chronic illness. |
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Isaac Hall, MD, MS |
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Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA |
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A. Taylor Kelley, MD, MPH, MSc Taylor Kelley is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and primary care physician and research scientist in the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System. He is interested in evaluating and improving access to care for vulnerable populations. In his clinical capacity, he works in the Vulnerable Veteran Innovative Patient Aligned Care Team (VIP), a progressive interdisciplinary model of primary care delivery within the VA designed to better integrate the treatment of patients’ medical and psychosocial needs. As a physician investigator, his work currently focuses on how policies affect veteran access to care and how that access is defined and measured. He also studies the effects of local, state, and national policies on healthcare quality and access for immigrants in the United States. |
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Marjorie Mathis, DO |
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Matthew Mulligan, MD |
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Puri Sonam, MD |
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Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, FACP Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez-Zarate joins the University of Utah from The Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. He is from Peru, so he cannot resist Peruvian cuisine, especially Peruvian ceviche. He would like to learn to play the guitar someday. He enjoys playing soccer, table tennis, swimming, going to the gym and watching movies. |
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Emily Signor, MD |
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Benjamin Solomon, MD Dr. Solomon is originally from Atlanta, where he went to college at Emory University. For medical school, he attended Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. Prior to Utah, he lived in Burlington, VT for three years where he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont. He has moved to Utah for his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Utah and has been here since. |
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Umang Swami, MBBS |
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Eric Tuday, MD, PhD |
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Mei Wei, MD Dr. Wei was born and raised in China. She came to Utah when she decided to move to the United State. She completed her residency and fellowship training at the University of Utah. |
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Sara Wikstrom, MD, FACP Dr. Wikstrom is originally from Salt Lake City, Utah. She received her BA in History from Yale College in 2002 and her MD from the University of Utah in 2008. She has spent the last 11 years in Washington, DC, where she completed her training in internal medicine at The George Washington University Hospital in 2011 and then served as a Chief Medical Resident and Clerkship Director. While at GW, Dr. Wikstrom completed a Masters Degree in Education and Human Development. As a hospitalist at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, her clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients and the education of medical students and residents. |
New Staff - July 2019
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Samuel Anderson |
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Marianne Bailey |
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Madison Battersby |
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Hayden Christensen |
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Rebeka Coleman |
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Eliane De Santana Van Vilet |
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Anna Freudenberg, DNP, NP-C Anna is originally from Los Angeles California, but has called Utah home for the past 9 years. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and gerontology certificate from the University of Utah in 2019 with honors, and her Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree in 2010. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, Anna was a registered nurse specializing in critical care for eight years, in addition to her professional experience in oncology, hospice nursing, and ski clinics. She is humbled and grateful for her nursing experience at the University of Utah Surgical ICU from 2011-2018. Anna's critical care experience has led her to appreciate the science and art of modern medicine, and to pursue her interests in symptom management and palliative care in the inpatient setting. |
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Gavin Gray Gavin is originally from Provo, Utah and excited to now be living in beautiful Salt Lake City. He enjoys learning new things and utilizing his skill set to take ideas further and bring them to life. Gavin has a vast range of hobbies, a few of which include: golfing, racquetball, volleyball, reading, listening to music, and studying foreign language. He currently can speak Portuguese fluently and is currently working his German. |
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Aleah Griffin Aleah is from Millcreek, Utah, and is a sophomore pursuing Biomedical Engineering. She's on the club swim team at the U. After deciding her major partway through my freshman year, Aleah started looking for labs related to her interests, and found a lab researching asthma that sounded fascinating! She is thankful that it all worked out, and she is now working as an undergraduate research assistant. |
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Jennifer Hwang |
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Landon Lewis |
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Megan Moffat |
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Rebeka Mukherjee Rebeka is joining Dr. Rashmee Shah's research team in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine as a data sciennce programmer/analyst. Born and raised in India, Rebeka came to Salt Lake City to pursue her Masters in Computing from the University of Utah. She looks forward to using technology to answer research questions in healthcare. When not in front of a computer screen, Rebeka can be found hiking the beautiful canyons of Utah, attending a Utah Symphony concert, enjoying a lattee in a local coffee shop, or just doodling in her notebooks. |
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Christina Nowaczewski |
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Caitlin Peterson Caitlin was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She just graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga this past May with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science. She has previously worked as a Reintroduction Assistant for the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute. As a lab assistant, she hopes to gain more experience in genetic analysis and scientific research. She plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in Ecology or Environmental Science with a focus on freshwater ecology. |
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Kaitlyn Staylor |
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Kathy Tran |