Core Review Faculty

The Core Curriculum Review Course is taught by faculty members of the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals Residency in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (University of Utah Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, Primary Children's Medical Center, and Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Hospital) and physicians affiliated with Intermountain Healthcare. Departments represented include the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesia, Radiology and Pathology.

Note: For additional information about faculty members, click on physician's name or photo.

Course Director: John R. Doty, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Georgetown University School of Medicine, MD, 1994 Internship: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1994-95 Residency: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1995-96, 1998-2000 Research Fellowship: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiac Surgery, 1996-98 Fellowship: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2000-03 American Board of Surgery 2001, Thoracic Surgery 2003
Course Co-director: Michael P. Collins, M.D. LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah University of New Mexico, MD, 1974 Internship: University of New Mexico, 1974-75 Residency: University of New Mexico, 1974-78 University of Utah, 1978-80 American Board of Surgery 1979, Thoracic Surgery 1983
Emeritus Director: Donald B. Doty, M.D. Salt Lake City, Utah Stanford University, MD, 1962 Internship: University of Southern California-LA County Medical Center, 1962-63 Residency: University of Southern California-LA County Medical Center, 1963-67 Fellowship: University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1969-71 American Board of Surgery 1968, Thoracic Surgery 1971

Deborah Budge, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Saint Louis University School of Medicine, MD, 2002 Residency: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, 2002-05 Fellowship: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, 2006-09 American Board of Internal Medicine 2005, Cardiovascular Disease 2009
Phillip T. Burch , M.D. Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of South Alabama College of Medicine, MD, 1998 Residency: University of Louisville, Dept. of Surgery, 1998-2004 Fellowship: University of Florida, Dept. of Surgery, 2004-06 University of Utah/ Primary Children's Medical Center, 2006-08 American Board of Surgery 2005, Thoracic Surgery 2007
William T. Caine , M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1993 Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital,1993-1998 Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1998-1999 Research Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Surgery, 1999-2000 Fellowship: LDS Hospital, Cardiac Surgery, 2000-2001 Fellowship: University of Utah, Thoracic Surgery, 2001-2003 American Board of Surgery 2000, Thoracic Surgery 2004
James T. Dane, M.D. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah University of Texas Galveston Medical School, MD, 1997 Internship: University of Texas Galveston Medical School, 1997-98 Residency: University of Texas Galveston Medical School, 1998-2002 Fellowship: University of Utah School Of Medicine - SLC, 2002-04 American Board of Surgery 2003, Thoracic Surgery 2006
David R. Goff, M.D. McKay-Dee Hospital Center, Ogden, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1986 Internship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas/ Parkland Memorial Hospital, 1986-87 Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas/ Parkland Memorial Hospital, 1987-91 Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospital - Ann Arbor Thoracic Surgery, 1991-93 American Board of Surgery 1992, Thoracic Surgery 1993
Scott N. Hurst, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1981 Internship: University of Utah, 1981-82 Residency: University of Utah, 1982-84 American Board of Anesthesiology, 1986
Kent W. Jones, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1969 Internship: Duke University, 1969-70 Residency: Duke University, 1970-77 Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, 1971-73 American Board of Surgery 1977, Thoracic Surgery 1988
Aditya K. Kaza, M.D. Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Boston University School of Medicine, Boston , MD, 1996 Internship/Residency: Ochsner Clinic - General Surgery, 1996-1999 Fellowship: University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, 1999-2001 Residency: Ochsner Clinic - General Surgery, 2001-2003 Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center - Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2003-2006 Fellowship: Denver Chlildren's Hospital & University of Colorado - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, 2006-2007 Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston & Harvard Medical School - Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, 2007-2008 American Board of Surgery 2004, Thoracic Surgery 2007
Kurtis R. Kendell, M.D. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine, MD, 1996 Internship: Orthopedic Surgery , Mayo Clinic - Minnesota, 1996-97 Post-graduate MRI Research Fellowship, 1997-98 Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic - Minnesota, 1997-2002 Fellowship: Muskuloskeletal Radiology, Mayo Clinic - Minnesota, 2002-03 American Board of Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology 2002
Donald L. Lappé, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Johns Hopkins University, MD, 1972 Internship: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Dartmouth Medical Center, 1972-73 Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital University of Rochester, 1973-74 Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, 1976-79 American Board of Internal Medicine 1977, Cardiovascular Disease 1979
U. (Lee) McCann, M.D. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, MD, 1996 Residency: SUNY Health Science Center - Syracuse, 1996-2003 Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center - Syracuse, 1998-2000 Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, 2003-2005 American Board of Surgery 2004, Thoracic Surgery 2007
Kent G. Meredith, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Medical College of Ohio, MD, 1999 Internship: University of Arizona, Tucson, 1999-2000 Residency: University of Arizona, Tucson, 2000-2003 Fellowship: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Cardiology, 2003-05 Fellowship: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Interventional Cardiology, 2005-07 American Board of Internal Medicine 2002, Cardiology 2006, Interventional Cardiology 2007
John H. Mitchell, M.D. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, Utah Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1987 Internship: William Beaumont Army Medical Center, 1987-88 Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1989-93 Fellowship: University of Louisville, 1995-97 American Board of Surgery 1994, Thoracic Surgery 1998
Todd L. Randolph, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis 1990 Residency: Henry Ford Hospital in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, 1990-1995 Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital in Cytopathology, 1995-1996 American Board of Pathology, 1995, Cytopathology 1996
Bruce B. Reid, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1993 Internship: University of Arizona 1993-1994 Residency: University of Utah 1994-1998 Fellowship: University of Utah 1999-2001 American Board of Surgery 2000, Thoracic Surgery 2002