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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 6751

Clinical Decision Making I, Spring 2025

PAS 6775

Health Care Delivery Systems and Medical Ethics, Spring 2025

PAS 6701

Human Anatomy for the Physician Assistant I, Spring 2025

PAS 6711

Physiology/Pathophysiology for the Physician Assistant I, Spring 2025

PAS 6774

Supplemental Topics in Medicine, Spring 2025

Presentations

Karafiath, Summer (Author Only), Juster-Switlyk, Kelsey (Co-Author), Smith, Gordon (Co-Author), Singleton, Rob , Kolb, Noah , Rocky Mountain Neurodiagnostic Society Annual Meeting, "The Clinical Phenotype and Diagnostic Utility of Nerve Conduction Studies in Patients with CIPN", Rocky Mountain Neurodiagnostic Society , Salt Lake City Utah. (September 17, 2021)
Karafiath, Summer , UVU Biology Colloquium , "Improving Outcomes in Patients with Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy", Utah Valley University College of Science, UVU . (April 21, 2021)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Karafiath, Summer , Halstead, Susan , Koning, Laura , Wiegers, Elveline , Gourlay, Dawn , Tio-Gillen, Anne , Van Rijs, Wouter , Andersen, Henning , Antonini, Giovanni , Arends, Samuel , Attrian, Sharam , Barroso, Fabio , Bateman, Kathleen , Benedetti, Luana , Van Den Bergh, Peter , Burmann, Jan , Busby, Mark , Casasnovas, Carlos , Dardiotis, Efthimios , Davidson, Amy , Feasby, Thomas , Fehmi, Janev , Galassi, Giuliana , Sobrino, Tania , Granit, Volkan , Guitierrez, Gerardo , Hadden, Robert , Harbo, Thomas , Peter Hartung, Hans , Hasan, Imran , Holt, James , Isalm, Zhahirul , Karafiath, Summer , Kolb, Noah , Kusunoki, Susmu , Kuwabara, Satoshi , Kuwahara, Motoi , Lehmann, Helmar , Leonhard, Sonja , Martin, Lorena , Monges, Soledad , Nobile-Orazio, Eduardo , Pardo, Julio , Pereon, Yann , Querol, Luis , Reisin, Ricardo , Rinaldi, Simon , Scheidegger, Oliver , Silvestri, Nicholas , Sindrup, Soren , Stein, Beth , Tan, Cheng , Tankisi, Hatice , Visser, Leo , Waheed, Waquar , Huizinga, Ruth , Jacobs, Bart , Wilson, Hugh , (2025) "Large-Scale Profiling of Antibody Reactivity to Glycolipids in Patients with Guillain-Barre Syndrome" . Brain.
Karafiath, Summer , Sutton, Jim , Baker, Ryan , Nelson, Jonathan , "Quantitative analysis of metrics for program accreditation " .
Al-Hakem, Helle , Doets, Alex , Stino, Amro , Zivkovic , Sasha , Andersen, Henning , Wilson, Hugh , Corblath, David , Gorson, Kenneth , Islam , Zhahirul , Mohammad, Quazi , Sindrup, Soren , Kusunoki, Susumu , Davidson, Amy , Casasnovas, Carlos , Bateman, Kathleen , Miller, James , Van den Bergh, Bianca , Verboon, Christine , Roodbol, Joyce , Leonhard, Sonja , Arends, Samuel , Luijten, Linda , Benedetti, Luana , Kuwabara, Satoshi , Van den Bergh, Peter , Monges, Soledad , Marfia, Girolama , Shahizaila, Nortina , Galassi , Giulliana , Karafiath, Summer , Array, Remaining IGOS physician group , Array, Array , (2023) "CSF Findings in Relation to Clinical Characteristics, Subtype, and Disease Course in Patients With Guillain-Barre Syndrome" (Issue: 23, vol. 100). 201 Chicago Ave Minneapolis, MN 55415: Journal of Neurology . https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207282
Luijten, Linda , Doets, Alex , Dimachkie, Mazen , Gorson, Kenneth , Islam, Badrul , Kolb, Noah , kusnoki, Susumu , Papri, Nowshin , Waheed, Waqar , Walgaard, Christa , Yamagishi, Yuko , Lingsma, Hester , Jacobs, Bart , Karafiath, Summer , Array, Remaining IGOS physician group , (2023) "Modified Erasmus GBS Respiratory Insufficiency Score_ a simplified clinical tool to predict the risk of mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barré syndrome" (Issue: 4, vol. 94). BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR, UK: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry . https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/94/4/300
Leonhard, Sonja , A van der Eijk, Annemiek , Anderson, Henning , Antonini, Giovanni , Arends, Samuel , Attarian, Shahram , Barroso, Fabio , Bateman, Kathleen , Batstra, Manou , Benedetti, Luana , Van den Berg, Bianca , Van den Bergh, Peter , Burmann, Jan , Busby, Mark , Casanovas, Carlos , Cornblath, David , Davidson, Amy , Doets, Alex , A van Doorn, Pieter , Dononville, Charlotte , Feasby, Thomas , Fehmi, Janev , Garcia-Sobrino, Tania , Godstein, Jonathan , Gorson, Kenneth , Granit, Volkan , Hadden, Robert , Harbo, Thomas , Hartung, Hans-Peter , Hasan, Imran , Holbech, Jakob , Holt, James , Jahan, Israt , Islam, Zhahirul , Karafiath, Summer , Array, Remaining IGOS physician group , Array, Array , (2022) "An international perspective on preceding infections in Guillain-Barré syndrome_ the IGOS-1000 cohort" (Issue: 12, vol. 99). 201 Chicago Ave Minneapolis, MN 55415: Journal of Neurology . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35981895/
Arends, Samuel , Drenthen, Judith , Van denBergh, Peter , Hadden, Robert , Shahrizalia, Nortina , Dimachkie, Mazen , Gutierrez, Gerardo , Katzberg, Hans , Kiers, Lynette , Lehmann, Helmar , Pereon, Yann , Reisin, Ricardo , Uncini, Antonio , Verhamme, Camiel , Waheed, Wagar , Cornblath, David , Jacobs, Bart , Karafiath, Summer , Array, Remaining IGOS physician group , (2022) "Electrodiagnostic subtyping in Guillain-Barré syndrome_ Use of criteria in practice based on a survey study in IGOS" (Issue: 3, vol. 27). Hoboken, New Jersy: Journal of the peripheral nervous system. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jns.12504