Christine J. Cliatt Brown

Sarah Akkina, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at University of Utah Health. Dr. Akkina’s clinical interests include, functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, aging face (including surgical treatments and injectables), facial trauma, cancer reconstruction, facial nerve damage, congenital anomalies including microtia, and vascular malformations. Dr. Akkina is a Stanford fellowship-trained Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon and a board-certified Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgeon. Her passion for personalized patient care and surgical excellence helps her provide an exceptional experience for her patients. Dr. Akkina also teaches advanced surgical trainees and performs research in the field of facial plastic surgery focused on automating image analysis and improving clinical outcomes. While Dr. Akkina is a Colorado native, she left the region after high school to study and train throughout the country. She is an ivy league alumna of the University of Pennsylvania, a medical school alumna of the University of Michigan, and a residency graduate from the University of Washington. She is thrilled to finally return to the mountain west to provide clinical care and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. For appointments, please call 801-585-FACE (3223)

Dr. Anderson is a faculty member at the University of Utah Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He specializes in surgical solutions for degenerative diseases and deformities of the hip and knee including osteoarthritis, AVN, Perthes, SCFE, FAI and hip dysplasia. He performs minimally invasive hip and knee replacement surgery including anterior hip replacement (including bikini incision for women) and partial knee replacements (patellofemoral and unicompartment arthroplasty). He has clinical and research interest in kinematic alignment and medial pivot total knee arthroplasty. He also specializes in complex revision surgery for failed total hip and total knee arthroplasty as well as fractures adjacent to hip and knee replacements. Hip preservation surgeries are an additional area of surgical expertise for Dr. Anderson including PAO (periacetabular osteotomy) for dysplasia, hip osteotomies, and surgical dislocation and mini-open anterior debridement surgeries for FAI (femoroacetabular impingement) and other hip deformities. Dr. Anderson graduated from medical school and completed his orthopedics residency at the University of Utah. He did additional training in arthroplasty of the hip and knee and hip preservation at OrthoCarolinas Hip and Knee Fellowship in Charlotte, North Carolina. He spent two years in private practice in North Idaho before returning to the University of Utah. Dr. Anderson enjoys research and training residents, fellows and medical students in orthopedics and hip and knee reconstructive surgery. Dr. Anderson is from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, playing racquet sports, as well as hiking, skiing, biking and climbing in the mountains. He is currently seeing patients at the University Orthopaedic and the University South Jordan Clinic, Primary Children's Hospital, as well as serving our veterans at the VA Hospital. Dr. Anderson's ongoing research on hip and knee surgery can be viewed on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=lucas+anderson

Melissa Cortez, DO, is a neurologist who has specialized expertise in neurological diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system (autonomic neurology), as well as multiple sclerosis (MS). She is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology (EMG, nerve conduction studies, evoked potentials, and autonomic testing). Dr. Cortez is the director and founder of the autonomic physiology lab at the University of Utah and has integrated a research program into her clinical work, aiming to better understand the underlying physiology of symptoms her patients experience. This knowledge is aimed at improving diagnostic strategies, improved selection of treatment options, and improving outcomes.