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New Employees - May 2021


New Staff - May 2021

Amy Holman, CCRC
Research Manager
School of Medicine - Gastroenterology 

Amy comes to us from the Pediatric Clinical Trials Office where she was a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator and Training Coordinator. Prior to joining the University of Utah she worked in the private sector and has been working in the Clinical Research field for over 20 years. She has worked in the specialties of psychiatry, endocrinology, pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, pediatric oncology, women’s health and gastroenterology. Amy is an avid Real Salt Lake fan and until last year had only missed 5 games. When she isn’t working, she enjoys quilting, reading, and the mountains. An ideal day off for her is spent in the mountains by a lake with a good book.

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Anna Tidwell
Research Assistant
VA SLC Healthcare System - Epidemiology

Anna grew up in Salt Lake City and attended the University of Utah. During her undergraduate career, she worked with Dr. Loc-Carrillo’s research team. She recently graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Biology and has been hired to be Dr. Loc-Carrillo’s full-time research assistant.

Carrie Fox
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis - Utah

Catherine Vanhaneth
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis - Utah

Chantel Brewer
Nurse Practitioner
Pulmonary

Chloe Kirkpatrick
Study Coordinator 
Pulmonary

Collin Rawlings
Medical Assistant I
Nephrology

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Kevin Packer
HIV Peer Navigator
Infectious Diseases Clinic University Hospital - Infectious Diseases

Kevin was previously a Patient Care Specialist at the HMHI Behavioral Health Clinic in Park City, Utah. He loves working for the University system. He received a certificate to be a peer navigator in March and then the job was posted soon afterward. He applied and received the assignment even though he wasn’t really looking for a change. However, he is very happy to be part of the clinic and helping people re-engage and get into care. 

Kevin is originally from Salt Lake City but has lived all over the west. He currently lives in Park City. He enjoys hiking, camping, mountain biking and skiing.

Leonardo Monteiro
Medical Assistant II
Nephrology

Lindsey Reader
Study Coordinator
Pulmonary

Maile Airinios
Clinical Nurse
Dialysis - Utah

Meilee Ivie
Dialysis Technician
Dialysis - Utah

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Vasanth Jayaraman, MHS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant at HCI - Hematology 

VJ joins the inpatient Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplant Team after completing a 1 year Hematology-Oncology Post Graduate APC Fellowship in collaboration between Huntsman Cancer Hospital and Division of General Internal Medicine at University of Utah School of Medicine. He is originally from Tennessee and attended PA school at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. He moved to Salt Lake City after his wife accepted a position at the Utah Department of Health. He is happy to be continuing on at Huntsman and looks forward to be working with all the wonderful people on the inpatient side in the Hematology/BMT unit.