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.

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
Stephen E. Clayson, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1982 Internship: Harvard/New England Deaconess, 1982-83 Residency: Harvard/New England Deaconess, 1983-88 Fellowship: Emory University, 1988-91 American Board of Surgery 1989, Thoracic Surgery 1992
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
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
Robert L. Flinner, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Kansas, MD, 1956 Internship: Kansas City General Hospital, 1956-57 Residency: University of Kansas, 1957-61 American Board of Pathology, Anatomic, 1961 American Board of Pathology, Clinical, 1962 American Board of Pathology, Hematology, 1974
John A. Hawkins, M.D. Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Kansas, MD, 1980 Internship: University of Utah, 1980-82 Residency: University of Utah, 1983-86 Fellowship: University of Utah, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1983-86 Children's Hospital Medical Center-Cincinnati, Pediatric CV Surgery, 1989-90 Research Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals, 1982-83 Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California-San Francisco, 1986-87 American Board of Surgery 1987, Thoracic Surgery 1990
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
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
Peter C. Kouretas, M.D., Ph.D. Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Georgetown University School of Medicine, MD, 1992 Internship: University of California Irvine Medical Center, 1992-93 Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center, 1993-94 University of Virginia Health System, 1997-2000 University of Pennsylvania Medical Center 2000-02 Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center (ECMO), 1994-97 Stanford University Medical Center 2002-04 American Board of Surgery 2003, Thoracic Surgery 2005
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
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
J. Brent Muhlestein, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1984 Internship: Duke University 1984-85 Residency: Duke University 1985-87 Fellowship: Duke University 1987-91 American Board of Internal Medicine 1987, Cardiovascular Disease 1991
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
Dale G. Renlund, M.D. Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Utah School of Medicine, MD, 1980 Residency: Johns Hopkins University, 1980-83 Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, 1983-85 American Board of Internal Medicine 1983, Cardiovascular Disease 1985
Craig H. Selzman, M.D. University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Baylor College of Medicine, MD, 1993 Internship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 1993-2000 Residency: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 2000-2003 Fellowship: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 1996-1998 American Board of Surgery 2001, Thoracic Surgery 2004
Arun K. Singhal, M.D., Ph.D. University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD/PhD, 1994 Internship: Temple University Hospital 1994-1995 Residency: Temple University 1995-1997 UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Hospital 1997-1999 Barnes Jewish Hospital 1999-2001 Fellowship: Mayo Clinic 2006 American Board of Surgery 2000, Thoracic Surgery 2002