Ian W. Lovern

Christian Con Yost, MD, is a tenured Professor in the Department of Pediatrics within the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Yost serves as the Director for the Neonatal ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program at Primary Children’s Hospital – Salt Lake Campus. He provides clinical care as an attending physician to critically ill patients admitted to the newborn intensive care units at the University of Utah Medical Center, Primary Children’s Hospital – Salt Lake and Miller campuses, and Intermountain Medical Center. His clinical areas of expertise include all aspects of neonatal care with a particular interest in improving clinical outcomes for patients with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), and all neonatal patients requiring ECMO as treatment for cardio-respiratory failure. His translational research program uses preclinical models and clinical samples to determine the beneficial and pathogenic effects of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in inflammatory syndromes affecting patients of all ages including sepsis, ischemic stroke, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. His research laboratory discovered NET-Inhibitory Peptides, generated by the placenta, which modulate NET formation during human gestation.

“Mariana Baserga, M.D. is a Professor in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. She received her pediatrics trianing both in Buenos Aires, Argentina and then at Childrens Hospital in Orange County, CA. She completed her Neonatology training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. She joined the University of Utah in 2004. She provides neonatology services at three facilities, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at University of Utah Hospital where she is the current Medical Director, Primary Children’s Hospital and Intermountain...

Dr. Crandall received her medical degree from University of Utah School of Medicine. She completed a Pediatric residency and Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at University of Utah. Dr. Crandall is board certified in Pediatrics and Board Eligible in Pediatric Critical Care.Dr. Crandall is an Instructor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital where she cares for children with a wide variety of critical illnesses and injuries.