Elizabeth Doby Knackstedt, M.D.

Bio

Dr. Doby received her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed her Pediatric Residency and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT. She also served as Chief Resident.

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Medical Center.

Dr. Doby’s clinical interests include infections in immunocompromised children, such as those with cancer or who have received transplants. She is interested in quality improvement and delivering value-based care to this special population. Dr. Doby is also interested in the long-term care of children with HIV.

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Academic Bio

Dr. Doby received her B.A. at Wake Forest University and her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah, and she served as Chief Resident as well.

She joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 2013 as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Doby is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, The Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She has just completed a two year appointment to the AAP’s Section on Infectious Diseases Executive Committee and will continue to serve on its Nominations Committee.

Dr. Doby’s research interests include quality improvement, value-based care and outcomes research, especially as it relates to infections in immunocompromised children, such as oncology patients and solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients. She is working on program development in Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Hosts. She is also interested in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in this population as well. She has published over 15 peer-reviewed scientific articles, textbook chapters, and scientific abstracts.

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