Archive for March 2022
Dr. Sarah Woolsey Appointed to Organizing Committee for One Utah Health Collaborative
SALT LAKE CITY (March 17, 2022) – Gov. Spencer Cox has named 13 community members to an executive team charged with creating a framework for the One Utah Health Collaborative, an effort to reduce health care costs and improve equitable health outcomes which the governor launched last November. This new group of volunteers will facilitate…
Read MoreDr. Heather Sojourner Appointed to AAFP Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Family Medicine
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Sojourner for her appointment to the newly formed AAFP Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness in Family Medicine (CDEI-FM)! This commission will apply diversity, equity, inclusiveness and antiracism lenses to inform and guide the Academy’s recommendations, policies and work addressing disparities in care, health and the workforce, and the commission will…
Read MoreMember of the Week: Dr. Mark Wardle
Practice: I have always enjoyed teaching and loved having students and residents rotate with me in clinic, but after a medical mission trip to Honduras where I supervised and taught medical students, I decided that was something I wanted to do full-time. So in 2018 I joined Rocky Vista University in Southern Utah in their…
Read MoreMember of the Week: Dr. Darlene Petersen
Practice: I am a partner with Revere Health in a solo practice in Roy where I provide family and addiction medicine services. Residency: St. Mark’s Family Medicine Residency Any additional training or fellowships? In 2012 I became board certified in Addiction Medicine A bit about Dr. Petersen: Moved to Utah when I was young and…
Read MoreMember of the Week: Dr. Richard Ferguson
Practice: I am currently working full time as the Chief Medical Officer for a Dual SNP, Medicaid/Medicare, health plan. It is located next to Fashion Place Mall in Murray. My clinical contact occurs through locum ED shifts which is about every 8 weeks out in Bemidji, Minnesota at critical access hospital called Cass Lake Lake…
Read MoreMember of the Week: Dr. Victoria Prince
Practice: After residency I moved to New Zealand and worked as a rural primary care physician. I loved practicing in a rural community in a country with universal healthcare, and New Zealand is a wonderful country. In 2019 I came back to America to take a job in Urgent Care for the University of Utah…
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