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Melissa Cortez, DO, is a neurologist who has specialized expertise in neurological diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system (autonomic neurology), as well as multiple sclerosis (MS). She is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology (EMG, nerve conduction studies, evoked potentials, and autonomic testing). Dr. Cortez is the director and founder of the autonomic physiology lab at the University of Utah and has integrated a research program into her clinical work, aiming to better understand the underlying physiology of symptoms her patients experience. This knowledge is...

Sarah Akkina, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at University of Utah Health. Dr. Akkina’s clinical interests include functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, aging face (including surgical treatments and injectables), facial trauma, cancer reconstruction, facial nerve damage, congenital anomalies, including microtia, and vascular malformations. Dr. Akkina is a Stanford fellowship-trained Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon and a board-certified Otolaryngology - Head and Neck...

Dr. Stacey L. Clardy MD PHD FAAN is both clinical and research faculty in the Division of Neuroimmunology within the Department of Neurology, as well as a Neurologist at the Staff Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Health System, and a consultant at Primary Children’s Hospital. She holds an adjunct appointment in Population Health Sciences. She established the Autoimmune Neurology Clinic at the University of Utah—one of just a few clinics in the United States focused on serving this group of patients, and the program houses largest group of both pediatric and adult Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship...