Luca Brunelli

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.

Irene Kocolas, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Kocolas received her undergraduate education in physiology at the University of California Los Angeles, her Masters of Science degree in physiology at the Chicago Medical School, and her M.D. from the University of Utah. After completing postgraduate training in Pediatrics at the University of Utah, she was elected and served as chief resident in University of Utah pediatrics residency program. Dr. Kocolas is board certified by the American Board of...

Tiffany Glasgow, MD is a Professor and Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She completed her medical school and residency training at University of California San Francisco in 1997. Her career at the University of Utah began in 2001. Dr. Glasgow’s clinical expertise is in treating hospitalized children at Primary Children’s Medical Center where she has served a number of administrative roles such as Medical Staff President, Medical Officer of the Day, and Ethics Committee. She has lead quality improvement initiatives around...