Jessica M. Donigan

John F. Valentine, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and specializes in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. His clinical interests and expertise are in inflammatory diseases of the intestinal tract that include inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease) and celiac disease.Dr. Valentine received his M.D. degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1985. He received his training in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and his training in Gastroenterology at the University of Florida. While on faculty at the University of Florida, he rose to the position of Professor of Medicine, served as the Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at the Malcom Randal Veterans Administration Medical Center, and founded the Southeastern Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. He remains active with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America and has served a Co-Chair of the CCFA patient education committee and was a member of the editorial board for the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. Valentine is a Fellow in the American Gastroenterological Association and the director of the University of Utah Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center. Dr. Valentine has extensive experience with treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease and he is developing laboratory research and clinical trials in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in order to expand the understanding and treatment options for patients with these diseases.

Robert Teixeira, MD is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon at University of Utah Health who specializes in the hand and upper extremity. His clinical interests include peripheral nerve surgery, spinal cord injury upper extremity reconstruction, hand and wrist injuries, pediatric hand surgery, and microsurgical free tissue transfer. He sees patients at the University of Utah Ambulatory Care Center at the main hospital, at the South Jordan Health Center, and at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Teixeira grew up in the Midwest. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and he earned his Doctor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He completed an integrated plastic surgery residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a Hand, Nerve, and Microsurgery Fellowship with the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University in St Louis. In his free time, Dr. Teixeira loves the outdoors, hiking, skiing, moutain biking, music, cooking, and trying new foods.

Dr. Hollingshaus was born in Pittsburgh, PA, but spent most of his childhood in Southern California. After completing an undergraduate degree in applied physics at Brigham Young University, he attended medical school at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. In 2010 he returned to Utah for an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Utah. After residency he practiced general internal medicine at the Intermountain Healthcare Southridge Clinic in Riverton for two years before returning to training in the Intermountain Healthcare/University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Hollingshaus is involved with the sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Utah and runs the VA sleep clinic. His focus is on practice advancement and developments in large population management for sleep apnea. Dr. Hollingshaus lives in the Salt Lake Valley with his wife and three young children.