Pub. 2 2018 Issue 1

1) Basic biography (where are you from, where did you study, why did you move/stay in/come back to Utah, family information, etc.) I grew up in Salem, OR as the third child of five kids. I went to BYU, which was interrupted by an LDS mission to India for 2 years, then attended the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 2001, and finally St. Mark’s Family Medicine in 2004. My first job was in rural Ha- waii on the Big Island in a CHC for four years. I then went to India for a year to help provide primary care for those afflicted by Leprosy and their families. In 2009 I came back to St. Mark’s Family Medicine and Residency and began building our refugee program. 2) Why do you love family medicine? Why did you pick it? I cherish the idea of medicine as a way to serve people. Family Medi- cine allows me to serve people on the most personal level and to build trusting relationships over time. With Global Health interests moti- vating my decision to enter medi- cine, Family Medicine also made sense. Its flexibility and breadth per- mits me to find ways to serve in a wide variety of situations. 3) What is unique about your practice of family medicine? Being a faculty allows me to teach, practice both inpatient and outpa- tient medicine, and have a focus on refugee healthcare. I am one of a few providers contracted with the Utah Dr. Karl Kirby Membe r Spot ligh t By Isaac Noyes Department of Health to provide refu- gee screenings to newly arriving refu- gees, and refugees make up a signifi- cant portion of my patient population and our clinic population as a whole. I also get to teach residents about refu- gee healthcare and global health topics, which has included trips to the Domini- can Republic for medical service. For our collaboration with the International Rescue Committee and ongoing work with refugee families, we received a Rescue Partner Award in 2017. As a fac- ulty, I have also been able to participate in several refugee-related research pro- jects. The most recent was a study to help determine the most cost-effective way to ensure newly arrived refugees have adequate immunity against com- municable diseases. This changed our screening practice to include serum an- tibody testing prior to vaccination. 4) Are you able/willing to have students shadow you? I frequently have University of Utah medical students spend time with me during a refugee healthcare elective in addition to the students who rotate with us for outpatient family medicine or their Sub-I. 5) What travel (national and international) have you done related to fam- ily medicine? Shortly after I began caring for refugees, I took courses and a certification test to receive my Certificate of Tropical Medicine through the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). Part of this training included in-person coursework in Bangkok Thailand for a month. I have also organized two medical service trips with residents to the Dominican Republic. In India, I provided healthcare to Leprosy www.UtahAFP.org | 20