Sara W. Wikstrom
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Sara W. Wikstrom, MD, FACP, MEd, MS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital South

Salt Lake City

  • Sara W Wikstrom, MD is an Assistant Professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. As a hospitalist at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, her clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients and the education of medical students and residents.

    Dr. Wikstrom received her BA in History from Yale College in 2002 and her MD from the University of Utah in 2008. She completed her training in internal medicine at The George Washington University Hospital in 2011. She served as a Chief Medical Resident and then joined the faculty at The George Washington University following her residency. While at George Washington, she served as the clerkship director for the internal medicine clerkship and also completed a Masters Degree in Education and Human Development. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She joined the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah in 2019.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine
    National Board of Medical Examiners

  • Sara W Wikstrom, MD is an Assistant Professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. As a hospitalist at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, her clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients and the education of medical students and residents.

    Dr. Wikstrom received her BA in History from Yale College in 2002 and her MD from the University of Utah in 2008. She completed her training in internal medicine at The George Washington University Hospital in 2011. She served as a Chief Medical Resident and then joined the faculty at The George Washington University following her residency. While at George Washington, she served as the clerkship director for the internal medicine clerkship and also completed a Masters Degree in Education and Human Development. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She joined the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah in 2019.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Academic Divisions General Medicine
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Graduate Training Education and Human Development - The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development M.S.
    Master Teacher Leadership Development Program - The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Graduate Certificate
    Chief Resident Internal Medicine - The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Chief Medical Resident
    Internal Medicine - The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine M.D.
    Physiology and Biophysics - Georgetown University M.S.
    Undergraduate Study Abroad Program - Trinity College Rome Campus
    Undergraduate History - Yale College B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Onumah C, Wikstrom S, Valencia V, Cioletti A (2021). What Women Need: a Study of Institutional Factors and Women Faculty's Intent to Remain in Academic Medicine. J Gen Intern Med, 36(7), 2039-2047. (Read full article)
    2. Johnson SA, Signor EA, Lappe KL, Shi J, Jenkins SL, Wikstrom SW, Kroencke RD, Hallowell D, Jones AE, Witt DM (2021). A comparison of natural language processing to ICD-10 codes for identification and characterization of pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res, 203, 190-195. (Read full article)