Osman N. Sanyer

Katherine Hastings, MD is a board-certified family medicine physician with special interest in the care of adolescents and young adults. She studied philosophy at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed her residency training here at the University of Utah, where she was a chief medical resident. She currently practices at the Madsen Health Center and teaches medical students during their Family Medicine Clerkship. Her professional interests include women's health and pediatric care, birth control management, mental health, stress management and eating disorder management. Very limited availability for new patients

Dr. Jennifer Trauscht-Van Horn is committed to providing excellent care and her active role in various professional capacities highlights her dedication to advancing women’s health. As a distinguished women’s health provider in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr Van Horn specializes in obstetrics, contraception, and infectious diseases, with a particular focus on HIV. She is currently accepting new obstetric patients. Her practice is closed to new gynecology patients. Please call to schedule an appointment or for more information. Dr. Van Horn attended Amherst College, earning her Bachelor of Arts in English and Music. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Utah. Her extensive training includes an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Vermont Department of Medicine. Throughout her career, Dr. Van Horn has held multiple leadership positions. Dr. Van Horn is currently the Medical Director of both Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Mdsen’s Women’s Health Clinic. She has been a member of the University of Utah Healthcare ethics committee, served on the board of the University of Utah Medical Group, and is the obstetrics and gynecology ambulatory Chief Value Officer. She served as Medical Director of Planned Parenthood of Utah for 20 years and is the clinical supervisor for the Salt Lake City Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners.

Dr. Sanders is an Associate Professor with the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Utah. She has primary and consultative patient care responsibilities, performs clinical research, and educates students and residents of all levels across several health care disciplines. Dr. Sanders completed her undergraduate medical education at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, CA. She subsequently graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency program from the University of Utah and was selected as a Chief Medical Resident. After practicing for three years as a General Internist with this same institution, Dr. Sanders formalized her training in a Geriatrics Fellowship. Upon completing her fellowship, Dr. Sanders worked as the geriatrician team member of the University of Utah Faint and Fall Clinic. The first clinic of its kind, this multidisciplinary clinic focused on providing expedited, standardized, evidenced based evaluation and treatment to patients with these conditions. Three years after its opening, Dr. Sanders became the Medical Director of the clinic and expanded assessments to include formal frailty evaluations. In 2017, Dr. Sanders narrowed her practice to focus on caring for geriatric patients. Her current clinical practice is at the University of Utah Geriatrics Clinic where she follows a panel of geriatric primary care patients and continues to provide consultative care with a specific focus on faint, fall, and frailty syndromes. She has served as a physician team member of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). HELP is an international evidence based delirium prevention program, of which the University of Utah is a Center of Excellence. This program plays a key role in assisting the University of Utah to become nationally credited as an Age Friendly Health System. Dr. Sanders is recognized as an expert in faint, fall, and frailty syndromes as well as delirium prevention at her institution. Dr. Sanders actively participates in leadership development activities. In July 2023, she will begin serving as the Medical Director for the University of Utah Madsen Geriatrics Clinic. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Sanders supervises medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows. She serves as the Program Director for the ACGME approved Geriatric Fellowship. She also co-leads the combined Medicine-Geriatrics integrated residency/fellowship program. In these roles, she mentors future geriatricians and works diligently to ensure the program is providing outstanding training in geriatrics. Dr. Sanders’ scholarly focus complements her clinical expertise. Highlights from her research include addressing the role decreased baroreceptor function has in precipitating falls, the use of testosterone and exercise to prevent future falls and fractures and how the information gained from a frailty assessment may predict patient outcomes and prognosis. She is currently involved in an effort to disseminate Patients Priority Care, an educational framework which gives health care providers the tools to be able to identify what matters most to patients. This work aligns nicely with the University of Utah Health's accreditation as an Age Friendly Health System. Dr. Sanders’ commitment to providing an exceptional patient experience and her clinical acumen enables her to effectively collaborate across departments within the University of Utah and the community at large to ensure ongoing improvement in the care of older adults.