UMIA Appoints Beth Hanlon, M.D. as a Board Member

The UMIA Board of Directors appointed Beth C. Hanlon, M.D. as a new board member to replace Patrice Hirning, M.D. who resigned to accept a position as Assistant Medical Director of UMIA. Dr. Hanlon, an internist practicing in Salt Lake City, started her medical practice in 1993 after completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Utah. She then worked as an attending physician and instructor in the University of Utah–VA system for two years before entering private practice. She continues to be involved in teaching as a volunteer faculty physician training medical students and residents. As the senior partner in a five-physician practice affiliated with Salt Lake Regional and LDS hospitals, Dr. Hanlon likes to focus on health maintenance and preventative health issues involving hypertension, diabetes, risk modification following myocardial infarction, and medical issues involving pregnancy. During the course of her practice she assumed a number of administrative and committee positions focusing on senior issues, medical ethics, hospitalists, and drug therapies.

Dr. Hanlon balances her practice with her family responsibilities including her three teenage children and her husband who works as a commercial real estate broker. She finds time to enjoy hiking, skiing, cooking and working in the garden with her family.

Dr. Hanlon is committed to the values and mission of UMIA, and to spending the time and effort required to be an effective member of the Board of Directors.