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Summer Karafiath

Faculty Member

Summer Karafiath

Biography

Dr. Summer Karafiath completed her medical degree at the University of Utah medical school in 2013. She completed a post doctorate fellowship at LDS hospital studying sleep medicine and QT prolongation in patients treated with suboxone. In 2014 she began a career as a clinical research scientist at the University of Utah Neuromuscular department where her research focused on chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy and Guillain Barre Syndrome. Dr. Karafiath has been teaching anatomy at UVU since 2018 and is the course director for Anatomy and Physiology/Pathophysiology for the Physician Assistant program. In 2022 she became a Harvard Macy Scholar. The Harvard Macy Institute is a collaboration of Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School and Harvard School of Graduate Education which provides professional coursework for academic leaders.

Teaching

PAS 6775

Health Care Delivery Systems and Medical Ethics, Spring 2024

PAS 6701

Human Anatomy for the Physician Assistant I, Spring 2024

PAS 6711

Physiology/Pathophysiology for the Physician Assistant I, Spring 2024

Scholarly/Creative Works

Doets, Alex Y, Lingsma, Hester F, Walgaard, Christa , Islam, Badrul , Papri, Nowshin , Davidson, Amy , Yamagishi, Yuko , Array, Susumu Kusunoki, Dimachkie, Mazen , Waheed, Waqar , Kolb, Noah , Islam, Zhahirul , Mohammed, Quazi Deen, Harbo, Thomas , Sindrup, Soren , Chavada, Govindsinh , WIllison, Hugh , Casasnovas, Carlos , Bateman, Kathleen , Miller, James AL, Van DenBerg, Bianca , Verboon , Christine , Roodbol, Joyce , Leonhard, Sonja E, Benedetti, Luana , Kuwabara, Satoshi , Van Den Bergh, Peter , Monges, Soledad , Marfia, Girolama , Shahrizalia, Nortina , Galassi , Guiliana , Pereon, Yann , Burmann, Jan , Kuitwaard, Krista , Kleyweg, Ruud , Marchesoni, Cintia , Sedano Tous, Maria , Querol, Luis , Illa, Isabel , Guiterrez, Gerado , Barroso, Fabio , Visser, Leo , Katzberg, Hans , Wirtz, Paul , Samjin, Johnny , Gilhuis, Jacobus , Hadden, Robert , Holt, James , Sheikh, Kazim , Karafiath, Summer , Vytopil, Michal , Antonini, GIovanni , Feasby , Thomas , Faber, Catharina , Gijsbers, Cees , Busby, Mark , Roberts, Rhys , Silvestri, Nicholas , Fazio, Raffella , van Dijk, Gert , Garssen, Marcel , Straathof, Chiara , Gorson, Kenneth , Jacobs, Bart , (2021) "Predicting outcomes in Guillain-Barre syndrome_ International validation of the modified Erasmus GBS outcome score (mEGOS) " (Issue: Feb 2022, 98 (5) e518-e532; DOI_ 10.1212/WNL.0000000000013139, vol. 98 (5) ). Minneapolis, MN: Neurology . https://n.neurology.org/content/98/5/e518.long