Heather Balch
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Heather Balch, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

  • Heather Balch, MD, is a physician at the University of Utah Hospital. As an internal medicine hospitalist, her interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized adult patients with complex illnesses, quality improvement, and resident education. She is also a pediatric provider in the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center.

    Dr. Balch received her MD from the University of New Mexico. She completed her residency in the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program at the University of Utah. She has been a hospitalist at the University of Utah since July 2015. She is currently a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and the American College of Physicians.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

  • Heather Balch, MD, is a physician at the University of Utah Hospital. As an internal medicine hospitalist, her interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized adult patients with complex illnesses, quality improvement, and resident education. She is also a pediatric provider in the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center.

    Dr. Balch received her MD from the University of New Mexico. She completed her residency in the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Program at the University of Utah. She has been a hospitalist at the University of Utah since July 2015. She is currently a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and the American College of Physicians.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Pediatrics -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions General Medicine
    Cardiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

    Education history

    Graduate Training Bioinformatics - University of Utah M.Sci.
    Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics - University of Utah Hospitals and Primary Children's Hospital Chief Resident
    Residency Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics - University of Utah Hospitals and Primary Children's Hospital Resident
    Medicine - University of New Mexico School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry, Biology - University of New Mexico B.A., B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Balch H, Gradick C, Kukhareva PV, Wanner N (2022). Association of Mobile Workstations and Rounding-in-Flow with Resident Efficiency: A Controlled Study at an Academic Internal Medicine Department. J Gen Intern Med, 37(14), 3700-3706. (Read full article)
    2. Kaufman CS, McDonald J, Balch H, Whitehead K (2022). Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: What the Interventional Radiologist Should Know. Semin Intervent Radiol, 39(3), 261-270. (Read full article)