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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…

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…

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…

Practice: I am currently working at Sacred Circle Healthcare where I serve as medical director. I just started working at this organization a few months ago and I really love what I am doing. The job change was what I needed to re-ignite my passion for medicine. Our clinic’s primary mission is to serve the…

Practice: I’m a sports medicine physician embedded within the academic Family Medicine clinics of the University of Utah Department of Family Medicine and the Family Medicine Residency Program, of which I am an alumnus. So I’ve been fortunate to maintain part-time primary care panel including a number of patients that have been with me since…

Practice: My current practice is the Intermountain West Valley Clinic which opened in 2016. It started with Dr. Cordell Watson and myself and has now grown to six family medicine providers. It’s been so rewarding to see our practice grow and serve a very diverse community, often with complex social and medical needs.Residency: I trained…

Practice: University of Utah South Jordan Health CenterResidency: Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency A bit about Dr. Chen: I was born at the University of Utah Hospital and have been a Ute ever since. I did undergrad and medical school at the University of Utah and then crossed the Point of the Mountain to do…

In an effort to highlight our amazing family medicine physicians in Utah, UAFP is highlighting a different member each week. We hope that this can help our members get to know each other better and facilitate networking and support opportunities. To kick off this new feature, we wanted to introduce you to our President-Elect, Dr.…

To start off; at this point we are still planning to hold this event. However, our planning committee made up of family physicians met to discuss enhancing our safety protocols and how to move forward given the present uncertainty around the virus.  The safety of our guests and our staff is incredibly important. We have been looking forward…

Dr. Leisha Nolen, State Epidemiologist On Thursday, December 9, 2021, State Epidemiologist, Dr. Leisha Nolen joined us for a one-hour presentation and Q & A on the risks and benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine for primary care providers and public health professionals. Download PDF of Presentation Slides here