Roger A. Freedman

Dr. Thompson is a burn and trauma surgeon by training. She specializes in the care of the thermally injured patient and other skin and soft tissue diseases that require surgical intervention. Her research is focused on implementing changes to care delivery that improve patient-centered outcomes and engaging burn patients as equitable partners in the entire research process.

Dr. Jeremy Meier is the Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery for University of Utah Health and Primary Children's Hospital. His clinical practice encompasses all areas of complicated ENT problems in children. Dr. Meier thrives on managing children with complex airway and breathing problems and craniofacial disorders. He enjoys treating children with genetic syndromes and is grateful for the relationships with his patients and parents. Dr. Meier’s clinical practice is centered at Primary Children’s Hospital. He also sees patients at the outpatient clinic in Lehi. He has clinical interests and special expertise in laryngotracheal reconstruction, airway and swallowing problems, children with syndromes such as achondroplasia and Down syndrome, sinus disorders, congenital neck masses, facial trauma, and cleft lip and palate. Dr. Meier grew up in Salt Lake City. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Brigham Young University, and graduated summa cum laude from St. Louis University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California Davis Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Meier completed a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at the Medical University of South Carolina. Here, he gained expertise in all areas of pediatric otolaryngology and congenital disorders of the head and neck. As a faculty member at the University of Utah School of Medicine, an integral portion of Dr. Meier's work is training the next generation of physicians and surgeons. Dr. Meier was awarded the Leland P. Johnson Teaching Award by the Otolaryngology Residency Program in 2016. His research focuses on improving value for common pediatric otolaryngology conditions so that we can make healthcare better and safer at lower costs, and he is currently funded through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Improving health for the underserved population, both locally and internationally, is important to Dr. Meier. He currently volunteers at the Maliheh Clinic in Salt Lake City and travels annually to Cape Coast, Ghana where he helps train a local surgeon to improve otolaryngology care in Ghana. When he is not working he spends time with his wife and three children boating, enjoying the outdoors, or playing sports.

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.