Eric A. Millican

Dr. Beddhu is a Professor and Dialysis Research Foundation Presidential Endowed Chair in the Department of Internal Medicine. He also serves as the Clinical Research Medical Director in the Department of Internal Medicine. His research focus is on cardiovascular disease, nutritional status and lifestyle factors in CKD and dialysis patients. He leads a strong research team that is conducting studies of large national databases using cutting-edge statistical techniques and investigator initiated randomized controlled trials. His research is funded by NIH, VA and industry with his current total federal funding exceeding $10 million. He was actively involved for 9 years in the NHLBI-funded Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) as the Co-Director of the Utah Clinical Center Network (CCN) and the Utah site- PI. He has authored more than 150 publications with many papers in high impact journals. He has mentored junior faculty, post-docs, fellows, residents, graduate students and medical students, some of whom have become independent, funded investigators.

Charles J. Parker, M. D., is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Utah and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT. As a Hematologist, his clinical interests include paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), hemochromatosis and porphyria. Dr. Parker received his MD from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received training in medicine and hematology from the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill and Duke University, respectively. In the past, Dr. Parker served as President of the International Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Interest Group and Editor-in-Chief of The Hematologist. For questions regarding Dr. Parker's practice, our clinical programs or for help identifying the right Hematology specialist for you or for your family member, please feel free to contact our Clinical Care Specialist/New Patient Coordinator at www.huntsmancancer.org or (801) 587-4630.

Hannah Duffey, MD, is an allergy and immunology provider who sees patients of all ages. She is especially interested in drug allergy, allergic asthma management, infantile eczema and food allergy, but she cares for patients with a large spectrum of allergic and immunologic conditions. She cares for patients with asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever), food allergy, eczema, drug allergy, urticaria (hives), angioedema (swelling), stinging insect allergy, anaphylaxis and eosinophilic disorders. Dr. Duffey completed her pediatric residency at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. She then went to Colorado where she completed her allergy and immunology training at Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. She and her husband are excited to be back in Utah and enjoy spending time in the mountains.