University of Utah Health Emergency Medical Services people

Jason Pickett, MD

Fellowship Director

Emergency medical services physician, Assistant Professor at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Christopher Ryba, MD

EMS Fellowship Assistant Program Director

Emergency medical services physician, Assistant Professor (Clinical) at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Scott Youngquist, MD, MS

Section Chief, Emergency Medical Services Program at University of Utah

Emergency medical services physician, Professor at Huntsman Cancer Institute & Hospital

Dan Defilippo

Programs Manager

Emergency physician at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Aryan Madani, DO

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health

Cara Lembo, MD

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health

Christianne Jafari, DO

2026-2027

Emergency Medicine resident, Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Christopher DeFeo, MD

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health

Eric Swanson, MD

Faculty

Emergency physician, Professor at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Graham Brant-Zawadzki, MD

Faculty

Emergency medical services physician, Associate Professor (Clinical) at Huntsman Cancer Institute & Hospital

Hilary Hewes, MD

Faculty

Pediatric medicine physician, Professor (Clinical) at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Holden Wagstaff, MD

Faculty

Emergency Medical Services fellow, Huntsman Cancer Institute & Hospital

Julia Ruggieri, MD

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health

Peter Taillac, MD

Faculty

Emergency medical services physician, Professor at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Phoebe Draper, MD

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health

Scott McIntosh, MD, MPH

Faculty

Emergency physician, Professor at Univ of Utah Sch of Med

Sierra Hawthorne, DO

EMS Fellow

Emergency Medical Services fellow, University of Utah Health