Specialties
- Infectious Diseases
- Clinical Immunology/Immunodeficiency
Board Certification
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American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
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Patient Rating
Patients consistently describe Dr. Carey as compassionate, empathetic, and attentive, noting she listens, spends ample time, and treats the whole person rather than just symptoms. Many comments praise her clinical skills—thorough history-taking, strong diagnostic ability, clear explanations, patient inclusion in decision-making, care coordination, and prompt responses to messages. Feedback is overwhelmingly positive, with one reviewer noting limited clinical progress despite excellent bedside manner.
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The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Internal Medicine
-Associate Professor (Clinical) |
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| Academic Divisions |
Infectious Diseases
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
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Education history
| Undergraduate | Chemistry - University of Utah | B.S. |
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| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine | M.D. |
| Residency | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics - University of Michigan Health System | Resident |
| Chief Resident | Internal Medicine-Pediatrics - University of Michigan Health System | Chief Resident |
| Fellowship | Infectious Diseases - University of Utah School of Medicine | Fellow |
| Fellowship | Infectious Diseases - University of Utah School of Medicine | Chief Fellow |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Brian G Blackburn, Anne-Marie Leuck, Varun K Phadke, Trevor Van Schooneveld, Kamla Sanasi-Bhola, Andrew T Simms, Michael Angarone, Gayle Balba, Darcy Wooten, Jennifer M Babik, Rachel Bartash, Tanaya Bhowmick, Georgina Osorio, Ju Hee Katzman, Daniel A Solomon, Nitin Bhanot, Jessica S Tischendorf, Dana M Blyth, Kartikey B Acharya, Devin M Weber, Victoria Burke, Cheston B Cunha, Adrienne Carey, Emily Wood, Christa S Zerb (2026). Infectious Diseases Fellowship Curriculum: IDSA Training Program Directors Community of Practice (TPD), Curricular and Educational REsources Workgroup (CREW). Clinical infectious diseases,
- Williams S, Benedict K, Jackson B, Rjeev M, Cooksey G, Ruberto I, Williamson T, Sunenshine R, Osborn B, Oltean H, Reik R, Freedman M, Spec A, Carey A, Schwartz I, Medina-Garcia L, Bahr N, Kuran R, Heidari A, Thompson III GR, Johnson R, Galgiani J, Chiller T, Toda M (2025). Estimated Burden of Coccidioidomycosis. JAMA network open, 8(6), e2513572.
- Fonseca EM, Fox S, Carey, AL, Barker B, Marchetti M, Hisrchi M, Hanson KE, Walter K (2025). Coccidioides genomes from low-incidence states reveal complex migration history across the western United States. Microbiol Spectr 0:e01822-25. Microbiology spectrum,
- Niehaus E & Wormser V, Carey A (2023). Coccidioidomycosis in Pregnancy: an Update on Contributions to the Literature in the Past 5 Years. Current fungal infection reports, 2023(17), 49-53.
- Carey A, Gorris ME, Chiller T, Jackson B, Beadles W, Webb B (2021). Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Outcomes of Coccidioidomycosis, Utah, 2006-2015. Emerging infectious diseases, 27(9), 2269-2277.
- Hubbard L, Iriana S, Carey A, Odrobina R, Sossenheimer M, Rogers (2020). Radiographic and Endoscopic Features of Pancreaticoduodenal Malakoplakia. Pancreas, 49(3), 455-460.
Review
- Gorris ME, Caballero Van Dyke MC, Carey A, Hamm PS, Mead HL, Uehling J (2021). A Review of Coccidioides Research, Outstanding Questions in the Field, and Contributions by Women Scientists. Current clinical microbiology reports, 8(3), 114-128.
Book Chapter
- Carey A, Spivak (2020). Chapter 2.10 Infections in the Surgical ICU.
Other
- Carey (2021). Valley Fever in Utah, 2006-2015.
Dr Carey is simply the best. In 20 years dealing with doctors fighting cancer and other issues doctor Carey stands out as she sincerely cares about the patients and the care that they receive. She goes out of her way to contact other departments to insure I am getting the best care options that I need. Doctors like her are the reason I am still alive after getting the news in 2007 I had only 6 months to live. Doctors like her are the reason I have hope in the medical system. Dr Carey is a true healer. She remains committed to ensuring her patients receive only the best.
Dr. Carey is a gifted specialist who spends time getting to know her patients and studying all entries in their medical files. She welcomes patient input regarding treatment while offering sound advice.
She is an excellent doctor and caring
She is brilliant and cares and.easy to talk to. Her responses to My Chart are quick. She doesn't leave you hanging.
I love Dr Carey! She provides first rate care for me and always explains things so I can understand.
Very well informed. Dr. Carey made good recommendations. She was very helpful and reassuring on the treatment.
Dr. Carey is a skilled physician and compassionate advocate for her patients. She responds to messaged questions promptly with thorough answers. I am lucky to call her my doctor..
Dr. Carey is a caring physician. She cares about the whole patient, physically and personally. I feel 100% percent comfortable under her care and am lucky to have been referred to her. If a serious medical issue should arise, I know she would be able to handle it and would be there for me.
Dr Carey is a very caring, thorough doctor. She shows true compassion and understanding.
Dr Carey is compassionate, competent, and an excellent communicator. I feel so fortunate to have an appointment with her
See this physician if you have a need that falls within her specialty, you won't be sorry.
Great ¿bedside¿ personality I'm not sure why repeating dialog and recommended meds & return same. I don't feel much progress if any
dr Carey is very knowledgeable and very nice very pleasant!
Dr. Carey is a great doctor who always makes me feel better. She knows good medicine and practices it. I trust her!
Dr. Carey is caring and compassionate. She took ample time for my visit and made me feel like my concerns were valid. She had her staff help me with my insurance issues. I would recommend her to anyone who needs her specialty.
Dr Carey is a very caring and thoughtful healthcare provider. She spends the time needed to address all your concerns.
Thank you for the skilled, thoughtful, and compassionate care.
Dr. Carey always does a great job with my appointments. She insures INSURE's I get the ccare I need.
Dr Adrienne Carey is an outstanding Doctor and I trust her completely. She takes very good care of me and she has my best interests in her decisions.
Dr. Carey is a capable, qualified immunologist. She has provided good insights into my case and provided appropriate treatment plans. I appreciate her personality!
I highly recommend Dr Carey. She listens well, is very approachable, knowledgeable, and includes you in the process of deciding care. She's outstanding
She didn't show. Probably not Her fault was behind, but it was frustrating.
Dr Carey is great! I would highly recommend.
Dr. Carey does a wonderful job caring for her patients in a very knowledgeable, compassionate, caring way!
Very good dr
I was very impressed and I am very grateful that Dr. Carey will be my provider for my complicated health condition.
Dr Adrienne Carey. She was so caring and concerned about me as a person and how my progress was going. She went through my results and questions and then she had questions about what I have been through. She was very honest and compassionate I would recommend her to anyone.
She not only orders pertinent tests but also does a good physical exam and answers questions.
Dr. Carey is very kind, professional, knowledgeable and efficient. I appreciate her care!
Dr Carey has a superb diagnostic skill set centered around her ability to obtain a detailed medical history and then develop a thorough diagnostic plan and appropriate use of subspecialty referrals. I highly recommend this young physician with old school skills.
She is caring and brilliant. I have the utmost confidence with her handling my health issues.
Dr. Carey is an example of what a good doctor should be. She is knowledgeable, caring and a genuinely nice person. I am very glad to be her patient.
We appreciate Dr. Carey's care and visits. They are always informative and she answers our concerns and questions.
Dr. Carey is the sweetest, most caring specialist anyone could ask for!! She listens, answers questions explains things so I can understand them. She is friendly and sweet. She allows me to help make decisions about my care, and if what I would like to try could potentially be harmful, she will let me know, and then set a goal. I never feel rushed and like she is trying to hurry the appointment to get me out the door. I recommend her 100% to everyone who is in need to be cared for by an Infectious Disease/Immunology Specialist! Even if there is a 2-3 month waiting list to get in to see her, she is worth the wait!!
Kind, knowledgeable, thorough, professional.
Dr. Carey's expert level of knowledge, together with her kind and compassionate demeanor, give me confidence that I am receiving the best care possible.
Dr. Carey is the absolute nicest person you will ever meet! There is no question that she authenticity cares about her patients.
I cant be any more happy with doctor Carey. She really listened to me and took me seriously. More importantly she followed through with her promise to make sure I got the help I really needed.
Dr. CAREY is an excellent knowledge and caring doctor.
Love Dr. Carey. She always treats me with humanity and compassion.
Dr. Carey is a personable, caring, exceptionally intelligent physician.
Amazing doctor!! Life changing, really. She was able to find out what my problem was really quickly. Love this doctor and her expertise skill at getting to the root of the problem. Can't say enough good things about her.
Knowledgeable and easy to talk to
Dr. Carey is an excellent doctor. She is very knowledgeable and caring. She gave me hope.
Excellent doctora
Dr Carey has been instrumental to my care and well being. I appreciate her so very much and am thrilled to have her on my health care team!
Dr. Carey was very thorough in finding out my health history. She gave me honest answers. I felt good about continuing with my current treatment plan. Didn't feel rushed.
Dr. Carey was very thorough in wanting to assure we have the correct diagnosis before exploring further treatment.
My name is [NAME REMOVED] and I have been a patient of Dr Carey for two years. I can actually say this because with Dr Carey's care, guidance and intelligence I am still breathing air on Terra firma and not amongst the angels. DR Carey has literally saved my life and improved the quality of my existence here on Terra firma. The heavens can certainly wait for me to finish my work (read: terrorizing) here on earth thanks to Dr Adrienne Carey and her team.
So happy I was able to get appointment with Dr. Carey! She understood my health problem and was so knowledgeable and thorough!
Very Professional / very efficient.
Although it's a long trip for me, my annual visit is always worth it.
She is awesome!
I was very pleased on her knowledge and being very throughall!
Dr. Carey is kind, compassionate, knowledgeable, and professional. She answered all of my questions with a clear, in-depth explanation that I could understand. Most of all, I left her office confident that I was receiving the best medical care possible.
I am very lucky to have such a wonderful and knowledgeable doctor.
Dr. Carey is so nice and caring. she is very thorough and has helped me so much. She is a great person and Doctor.
Dr. Adrienne Carey was very professional and personable. She was very thorough, listened to my needs with primary immunodeficiency and I felt very safe in her care.
I think she noticed how depressed and off Ive become. I need to get it checked out bc its not normal for me to feel like i dont have a purpose.
She is so knowledgeable and nice and caring and communicates well and makes you feel at ease.
Dr. Carey has bent over backwards to see that I get great care and protection from illnesses! I have not been sick once since seeing her.
Excellent doctor
Excellent doctor. Empathetic and caring. She explained various treatments and what to expect. She advised me on what decisions I should make regarding my health issues. Would highly recommend.
Excellent doctor. She went over everything, and explained my treatment options.
As I've said previously, Dr Carrey for being as young as she is, provides care as if she's been practicing since some of my more seasoned medical team'. She is whip smart, forward thinking and so human- so real not condemning, blaming or even questioning my diagnosis which has been difficult to acquire and 90%of the battle. And like I've mentioned, she treats me/a patient in a whole not a part. She asked if I had any grandchildren. I do but our first is an Angel waiting for me. Stillborn just a month before my diagnosis. Dr Carrey stopped everything, placed her hands in her knees, looked me straight in my now tearing eyes and said, "Boy, you really have been through a lot." She said it in a tone that emulated empathy, sincere pain and gave pause to a topic I've never broached with my doctors as I never thought it mattered to them. To Them', it didn't. To her, nothing else mattered in that moment in time, including my purpose for seeing her; my difficult diagnosis and what comes next is the reason I was there. Loosing my first grandchild very much is a part of my diagnosis and she is the only physician who dared to go beyond, "I'm so sorry, now tell me about ________(fill in the blank)."
Excellent doctor; very knowledgeable. She spent a lot of time with me. She explained in detail all of the treatments available to treat my condition. I was very pleased with the amount of time she took going over everything that was pertinent.
Dr. Carey spent a great deal of time with me, answering all my questions. I was quite impressed with her attention to detail.
She is the best I saw in a long time.
Some of these questions were not applicable. My reason for being there was for a diagnosis. There were no care considerations.