Douglas C. Barnhart

Katie W. Russell, MD is a pediatric surgeon with strong interests in pediatric trauma, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), chest wall deformity, fetal consultation, minimally invasive surgery, and global surgery. Dr. Russell’s clinical interests include pediatric surgical problems such as: pectus excavatum inguinal hernias hydroceles appendicitis vascular access feeding access gallbladder disease childhood cancers She has a particular interest in treating neonatal and pediatric conditions using minimally invasive techniques. She is leading a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the treatment of children with pulmonary hypoplasia related to congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital lung lesions, and giant omphalocele. Dr. Russell is a leader at Primary Children’s Hospital serving as both the Trauma Medical Director, and the Surgical Director of the ECMO program. She is leading telehealth initiatives to lower cost for families related to travel in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. She is involved in a multi-institutional research collaborative, The Western Pediatric Research Consortium, to push the forefront of rigorous research in pediatric surgical conditions. Dr. Russell has also been active in the field of global surgery. In 2017 she spent two months in the South Sudan with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). She has completed multiple surgical missions in Haiti, Guatemala and Tanzania. She was also on a surgical team that responded in Nepal after the 2015 Earthquake. She intends to continue her efforts in global surgery throughout her career. Dr. Russell earned a B.A. degree in visual art at Brown University and earned her M.D. at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California where she was elected AOA. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Utah including a 1-year research fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Eric Scaife. During her research fellowship they completed a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect on patient decision making on cost containment in pediatric appendectomy. She also participated in wilderness medicine research and has continued to teach for the Alaska Mountaineering School and the National Park Service. During her residency she received the Chassin Award for the professionalism in surgery. Dr. Russell completed her fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In her free time, Dr. Russell likes spending time with her husband Dave and their daughter Wild. They love the mountains and skiing and snowboarding.

Debra V. McQuade, Ph.D., M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, a member of the Division of Behavioral Health and Pediatric Psychiatry. Dr. McQuade graduated from Albertus Magnus College; she attended the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, receiving a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. Later, she attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT. She completed Residency training in Adult Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. She has worked in both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric settings, caring for children and adults. She currently works as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Primary Children’s Hospital Center for Counseling. Dr. McQuade is board certified in Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders as well as other psychiatric and behavioral disorders that manifest during childhood and adolescence.

After a New England upbringing, Dr. Brian Good came to Salt Lake City in 2000 after graduating from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was drawn to the University of Utah by its academic reputation, the intelligent and friendly demeanor of the physicians, and the amazing outdoor environment. He completed pediatric residency and became board certified in pediatrics in 2003. After five years in private practice at Families First Pediatrics, Brian returned to the University of Utah to increase his involvement in academic medicine and global health. Currently Brian spends most of the year in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Primary Children’s Hospital while still volunteering with Concern America, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles. Brian’s primary interests are providing high-quality care for hospitalized children and fostering excellent medical education. His primary clinical outlet is working alongside residents in caring for ill children at Primary Children’s Hospital. In 2012, he became the Pediatric Clerkship and 4th Year Medical Student Director. In these roles, he designs curricula and teaches many pediatric topics in the medical student curriculum and mentors students interested in a career in pediatrics. He is specifically drawn to and challenged by teaching other healthcare providers about the current state of health care globally and within the United States. As a medical volunteer, Brian currently spends time in rural Colombia or Guatemala teaching medicine to layperson health promoters. The ultimate goal is to improve the health in communities geographically distant from the current health system in their own countries. Brian’s personal goal is to merge his careers and bring residents or medical students with him to experience alternative forms of feasible health care. Nationally, Brian has been actively involved in two innovative educational projects. He helped adapt and locally implement the successful IPASS resident handoff curriculum for medical students. Continuing this work on using communication to improve patient safety, he was Utah’s site co-PI for the IPASS Patient and Family-Centered Rounding Project. Our team helped design and implement a hospital rounding model that integrated families and nurses to improve safety, team communication and increase patient and family involvement. Additionally, Brian worked with a national team to design and implement the innovative educational model, Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum (EPAC). Sponsored by the AAMC and the Macy Foundation, this novel program aims to advance students based on their competency in Entrustable Professional Activities and not rely on time as a measure of ability. This creative outcome-based model could provide insight into the future of medical education.