Jessica N. Cohan

Dr. Hamilton is a fellowship-trained endourologist with extensive clinical experience in the minimally invasive surgical management of urologic diseases. His primary interest is minimally invasive kidney and adrenal surgery. This began at the Cleveland Clinic in the 1990’s, where he was in the forefront of urologic laparoscopy. From there, he brought to Utah extensive experience in laparoscopic renal and adrenal surgery. He has been part of the transformation that has brought laparoscopic techniques to the world of kidney cancer and has seen the introduction of robotic technology (the da Vinci surgical system) applied to the kidney. Currently, he focuses on laparoscopic and robotic adrenal and kidney surgery, including robot-assisted partial nephrectomy. Dr. Hamilton works on obstructive renal pathology and performs laparoscopic and robotic renal and ureteral reconstruction, including pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction and ureteral reimplant for ureteral obstruction. As with other procedures, he has been a leader in adopting robotic technology to reduce operative time and improve patient outcomes. Given his fellowship training in Endourology, he also has considerable experience in the management of complex kidney stone disease—both surgical and medical management. Over his 25 years of clinical practice, he has performed thousands of percutaneous and ureteroscopic procedures, making him perhaps the most experienced endoscopic stone surgeon in Utah. Another area of interest is renal autotransplant. Dr. Hamilton is currently the Chief of the Kidney Autotransplant multidisciplinary program at University of Utah Health.

Kristen Durbin, MD, Assistant Professor (Clinical), earned her medical degree at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2019. She completed Triple Board residency (pediatrics, adult psychiatry, child & adolescent psychiatry) training at the University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 2024. Dr. Durbin currently holds clinical faculty appointments in the departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Utah, where she works as an outpatient psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute's Neurobehavior HOME program and as a consulting psychiatrist within the South Main Clinic pediatrics mental health integration program. She is board certified in General Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is board eligible in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is also an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Durbin is a certified bilingual physician and provides clinical care in English and Spanish.

Dr. Barbu Gociman is is a board certified plastic surgeon (American Board of Plastic Surgery) specializing in all areas of craniofacial surgery including cleft lip, nose and palate deformities, craniosynostosis, and ear reconstruction, as well as general pediatric plastic surgery, post-traumatic facial reconstruction, and all aspects of aesthetic surgery. Dr. Gociman earned his MD degree from University of Medicine Carol Davila in Romania and his PhD in Human Genetics from the University of Utah. He completed his internship in General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic and formal residency training...