Natalie A. Sanders, DO, FACP

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Dr. Sanders is an Assistant Professor with the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Utah. Dr. Sanders educates Geriatric fellows, Internal Medicine residents, and medical students and performs clinical research. Dr. Sanders completed her undergraduate medical education at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, CA. She subsequently graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency program from the University of Utah and was selected as a Chief Medical Resident. After practicing for three years as a General Internist with this same institution, Dr. Sanders formalized her training in a Geriatrics Fellowship. Her current clinical practice is at the University of Utah Geriatrics Clinic where she has primary care and consultative patient care responsibilities. She has a specific interest in caring for geriatric patients with faint, fall, or frailty syndromes. In an effort to assure patient centered care, part of her work focuses on collaborating with cardiovascular and surgical specialties to care for complex patients being considered for advanced medical or surgical interventions. Dr. Sanders is also a medical team member of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a program dedicated to preventing the development of delirium in hospitalized patients.

Dr. Sanders is an Assistant Professor with the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Utah. Dr. Sanders educates Internal Medicine residents and medical students and performs clinical research. Dr. Sanders is also a medical team member of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP), a program dedicated to preventing the development of delirium in hospitalized patients and serves as the Associate Program Director for the University of Utah ACGME accredited Geriatrics Fellowship.

Dr. Sanders completed her undergraduate medical education at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, CA. She subsequently graduated from the Internal Medicine Residency program from the University of Utah and was selected as a Chief Medical Resident. After practicing for three years as a General Internist with this same institution, Dr. Sanders formalized her training in a Geriatrics Fellowship. Her current clinical practice is at the University of Utah Geriatrics Clinic where she has primary care and consultative patient care responsibilities. She has a specific interest in caring for patients with faint, fall, or frailty syndromes.

Dr. Sanders' research interests complement her clinical expertise. She studies the cardiovascular mechanisms behind the overlap between faint and fall with a specific emphasis on the role of decreased baroreceptor function seen with aging has in precipitating falls in older adults. She is also involved in research studies evaluating the value of frailty evaluations as a helpful indicator to better predict patient outcomes and prognosis. Dr. Sanders has served as a mentor to geriatric fellows as well as nursing students as they complete their doctorate degree requirements.