New Faculty - January 2020
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Neil Argyle, MD, MPH Dr. Argyle was born and raised in the Salt Lake Valley, graduating from Hillcrest High School. He served an LDS mission to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and upon return home began attending the University of Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah with his Undergraduate in Health Promotion and Education (2004), his Masters in Public Health (2005), and Medical School (2009). Upon completion of medical school, he matched into the University of Washington Boise track in Internal Medicine. He spent his first and third years in Seattle, and spent his second year of residency in the “WWAMI” region in Idaho. Upon completion of his residency in 2012, the University of Washington expanded the Boise track to become the 2nd UW residency in Internal Medicine, and he returned to Boise as the Chief Medical resident from 2012-2013. After completion of his Chief year, he signed on as clinical faculty at the Boise VAMC. He spent the next 6 years working as a “hybrid” provider, doing a mix of inpatient and outpatient medicine, as well as medical resident and student teaching. In 2015 he was selected as the Chief of Staff for Education at the Boise VA. For the next four years he provided institutional oversite to the Boise VA training programs in this capacity. During this same time he was selected and served as the VISN 20 Academic Affiliations Officer. He maintained his administrative, clinical work, and resident teaching responsibilities until he transferred to the SLC VAMC in the summer of 2019. He currently works in the Blue team in primary care, and supervises University of Utah Medical Students and Internal Medicine residents as a Staff Physician. Dr. Argyle loves to spend time in the outdoors with his family and is an avid mountain biker, hiker, backpacker, snowboarder, wakeboarder, and surfer. His wife, Aubree, is a Nurse Practitioner at the SLC VAMC, working in the Women’s clinic. Together they have four children under the age of 8: Avery, Adelynn, Aliyah, and Ayden. Most evenings they can be found attending dance, tumbling, and swimming lessons, or spending time playing in the yard. Dr. Arglye also enjoys learning how to build things, and home renovation has become one of his hobbies. |
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Jeffrey Humpherys, PhD |
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Shardool Patel |
New Staff - January 2020
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Hossein Abdeahad |
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Melanie Anderson, BSN, RN Melanie was born and has lived in Utah her entire life. She has been married to her best friend for 22 years. They have four children and two dogs. Melanie started back to school after her youngest child began 1st grade. She received her RN in 2016 and her BSN in 2017. She has worked as a labor & delivery nurse, surgical and pediatrics nurse, and a nurse for an allergy clinic. Melanie has been trying to find an RN position that she enjoys, and fulfills the reason she became a nurse - taking care of patients the way they deserve and need. She has found her joy and fulfillment in her new position as a Clinical Nurse in the Dialysis Program at Bonneville Dialysis Center. Melanie enjoys reading, camping, and spending time with her family. She loves helping and serving others. |
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James Behrmann |
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Megan Anderson Bush |
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Jared Monte Carlson |
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Yanting Chen |
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Tyler Dawn Cooper |
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Hubert Joe Dayish |
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Sariah DeGrange, RN Sariah DeGrange is originally from Twin Falls, Idaho. She and her family moved to Utah in 2005. Sariah is the mother to four children. Within the last year, Sariah completed a goal to become a registered nurse after raising her four kids. Sariah is currently attending Weber State University finishing her final semester earning a Bachelor’s in Science of Nursing degree. Sariah enjoys spending time with her husband and family. A few of Sariah’s hobbies include boating, hiking, reading, and playing the piano. |
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Amy Denardo |
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Nicholas James Esparza |
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Kory Irvan Fleming |
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Lindsey Gavin, BSN Lindsey Gavin is from Ogden, Utah and graduated with a Bachelor's in Nursing from Weber State University. Lindsey has worked as an emergency department nurse for several years, most recently at the University of Utah. She brings a unique clinical experience to her team. She is a doctoral student at the University of Utah in a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. She is excited about the research that the TORCH team is working on. She enjoys skiing, mountain biking, traveling, rollerblading, listening to audiobooks, and playing on her recreation soccer team. |
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Rachel Horner, MS, APRN, FNP-C Rachel is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who recently relocated from Houston, Texas to Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated with her BSN from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX in 2012, and spent five years working as a registered nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, specializing in adult leukemia. She received her MS from Texas Women's University in Houston, TX in 2017, and worked for one year in the Lymphoma/Myeloma department at MD Anderson. She then transitioned to a satellite clinic in the Woodlands, TX where she spent the next year and a half working in general MEdical Oncology. She enhoys spending time with her husband and three cats, and is looking forward to exploring all the outdoor activites that Utah has to offer. She is thrilled to be a part of the Huntsman family! |
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Jeffrey Scot Jones |
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Johntaehwan Kim |
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Benjamin Roy Lister |
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Warren McCarthy |
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Hanna Nicol, DNP, APRN, FNP-C Hanna Nicol is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in diabetes care under Endocrinology and Metabolism division at the Farmington Health Center. She studied for an Associate of Science in Nursing at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Utah. After working as a Registered Nurse for 5 years in Medical, Surgical, Cardiovascular, and as a resource nurse in a various units at the University of Utah Hospital, she received her Doctors in Nursing Practice degree from the University of Utah in May, 2018. Hanna worked full-time as a nurse during her pregnancy with her twins, up until her delivery date! She loves spending time with her family and friends, especially when it involves hiking in the mountains. Hanna brings a compassionate and caring approach to her work with patients. |
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Danielle Payne, MSW, LCSW Danielle was born and raised in The Netherlands and moved to Utah when she was 13 years old. She graduated from Alta High School, received her Bachelor's degree in Social Work from Weber State University, and her Master's degree in Social Wrok fro mthe University of Utah. Before coming to West Valley Dialysis, Danielle worked as a promary mental health counselor with court ordered adolescent boys, youth and adult sex offenders, trauma victims, and adults in long-term care facilities. Danielle has been married to Cris for 22 years and and has three daughters: Chloe age 19, Aysha age 18, Berkley age 15, and a dog named Paisley, age 3. Danielle loves to watch her daughters play competitive soccer, shop, travel, take long naps, and she can't resist sushi or a great pair of shoes. |
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Kelly Ann Perkins |
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Danene Price |
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Aimee Steinly, DNP, APRN Aimee is originally from California, but has lived in Utah for the past 20 years. She has been an RN for 14 years and recently graduated from the the University of Utah Family NP program in 2018. For the past year and a half, Aimee has worked in colon and rectal surgery, with a focus on benign anal/rectal, pelvic floor dysfunction, constipation and anal cancer/HPV screening, treatment and surveillance. Aimee has a twelve year old son who keeps her very busy. She is a very social person and loves spending her free time with family and friends. She enjoys going to festivals, live music, finding fun new restaurants, and spending time in nature. Aimee is excited to work with the University of Utah and feels honored to have this opportunity. |
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Anne Gry Wheaton |
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Ashley White, CMHC Ashley grew up in Vermont, but has lived in the Rocky Mountain West for 11 years. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Colorado State University in 2009, and a Master of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in 2015. Prior to joining the PARCKA team Ashley worked in Wyoming as a mental health therapist for an intensive outpatient substance use and dual diagnosis treatment program serving adults and juveniles in the criminal justice system. Ashley has two years of experience as a research assistant in both a cognitive psychology lab and a neuropsychology lab, and she is excited to blend her clinical skills with her interest in research through her position with PARCKA. Ashley hopes to continue serving under-represented communities through a social justice perspective, incorporating the healing powers of mindfulness, creativity, and contact with the natural world. |
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Yi Yu |
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Huaqing Zheng |