Theodore J. Pysher

Benjamin Kalm, MD has been working at the University of Utah since 2007 and became an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2008. He specializes in the care of the hospitalized pediatric patient (Pediatric Hospitalist) and and spends ~80% of his time as a clinician at Primary Children’s Hospital (owned by Intermountain Healthcare). Dr. Kalm’s academic interests lie in improving resident and medical student education and the use of Electronic Health Records. Dr. Kalm has also been instrumental in training residents, medical students, and other faculty in the use of the Electronic Medical Record Systems in use at Primary Children’s Hospital and in the configuration of the Intermountain Healthcare Electronic Medical Record for use in Hospital Pediatrics. Dr. Kalm received his undergraduate education at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a degree in Chemistry and a minor in Music. He subsequently attended the Ohio State University where he earned his MD in 2003. For postgraduate training Dr. Kalm completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico in 2006. He became board certified in Pediatrics in 2006 and is currently board eligible for Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Prior to starting at the University of Utah, Dr. Kalm spent a year employed in pediatric urgent care at an Intermountain Healthcare Kidscare.

Dr. Rebecca Purtell is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division and the Program Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship. She takes care of hospitalized children at both Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and in Lehi. She received her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Dr. Purtell completed her Pediatric Residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at University of Utah. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She has conducted communication research and quality improvement projects at the intersection of patient safety and handoff. Dr. Purtell had a prior career as a high school math teach and still loves to teach. She leads medical education projects to foster curiosity of the residents and medical students including curricula for diagnostic excellence and social medicine. Dr. Purtell has won local and national advocacy awards.

Erinn Kim, MD is an Assistant Professor within the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Utah specializing in craniofacial surgery. She attained her medical degree at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. From there she completed a general surgery residency at UCSF Fresno and is board certified in General Surgery. She then completed a plastic surgery residency at the University of Utah followed by a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the University of California San Diego.