Frank Cipriano, MD

Dr. Cipriano earned both his Bachelor’s Degree and Medical Degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he was the president of his medical school class. He went on to train in Pediatrics and completed residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). After residency, Dr. Cipriano worked as a Pediatric Hospitalist at California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), which was an academic medical center with pediatric residents from UCSF, and medical students from both UCSF and Dartmouth, for three years before moving to Salt Lake City.


At CPMC, Dr. Cipriano was an assistant clinical professor at both UCSF and Dartmouth Medical School, and he received multiple awards for excellence in medical teaching. Dr. Cipriano was also involved in pediatric patient transport, and for two years he was the chair person for a national conference for pediatric hospitalists in San Francisco.


Since moving to Salt Lake City in May of 2012, Dr. Cipriano is a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children's Hospital and assistant professor at the University of Utah, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. His primary interest is resident education and Dr. Cipriano is very involved in the Pediatric Residency program, serving on both the Intern Selection Committee and the pediatric residents' Clinical Competency Committee. He is also the co-course director for inpatient ward rotations for all residents and the course director of the Intern Lecture Series course. Dr. Cipriano serves as the Medical Director for the 3NE Medical Surgical Unit at Primary Children's Hospital, and through that role is involved with numerous committees at Primary Children's Hospital.