Casey Gradick
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Casey Gradick, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Casey Gradick, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. As an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics hospitalist, his clinical interests include medical education, empathy in medicine, and global/underserved/rural health. He took over as Program Director for the Combined Med-Peds Residency Program in 2019. He is also Project Director of a HRSA project to build a Rural Pathway and curriculum for the Med-Peds program.

Dr. Gradick is originally from Minnesota and received his MD and MPH from the University of Minnesota. He received training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics from the University of Utah, where he also served as Chief Resident. He is currently a member of the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. His research interest is developing novel ways to use machine learning and natural language processing in the evaluation of residency applications. He also enjoys trail running, cycling, plucking on the guitar, going to concerts, and playing with his kids Mia and Noah.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (sub: Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Casey Gradick, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. As an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics hospitalist, his clinical interests include medical education, empathy in medicine, and global/underserved/rural health. He took over as Program Director for the Combined Med-Peds Residency Program in 2019. He is also Project Director of a HRSA project to build a Rural Pathway and curriculum for the Med-Peds program.

Dr. Gradick is originally from Minnesota and received his MD and MPH from the University of Minnesota. He received training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics from the University of Utah, where he also served as Chief Resident. He is currently a member of the American College of Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. His research interest is developing novel ways to use machine learning and natural language processing in the evaluation of residency applications. He also enjoys trail running, cycling, plucking on the guitar, going to concerts, and playing with his kids Mia and Noah.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Adjunct Associate Professor
Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (sub: Pediatric Hospital Medicine)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Anthropology; Minor: Chemistry - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A.
Graduate Training Epidemiology with Global Health Interdisciplinary Concentration - University of Minnesota School of Public Health M.P.H.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Minnesota Medical School M.D.
Residency Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
Chief Resident Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University of Utah School of Medicine Chief Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Drum BM, Sheffield CR, Mulcaire-Jones J, Gradick (2021). Formation and Evaluation of an Academic Elective for Residents in a Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Cureus, 13(7), e16287.
  2. Gradick C, Hedges J, Yanke P, Hodo L (2017). Project Haiku. Hospital pediatrics, 7(9), 564.
  3. Balch H, Gradick C, Kukhareva PV, Wanner (2022). Association of Mobile Workstations and Rounding-in-Flow with Resident Efficiency: A Controlled Study at an Academic Internal Medicine Department. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(14), 3700-3706.
  4. Drum B, Shi J, Peterson B, Lamb S, Hurdle JF, Gradick (2023). Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Identify Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Values in Applications. Academic medicine, 98(11), 1278-1282.

Review

  1. Drum B, Lamb S, Gradick (2023). Values-Based Resident Selection in an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Journal of general internal medicine, 38(6), 1410-1416.

Abstract

  1. Balch H, Gradick (2019). Improving Intern Efficiency Through Laptop-Based Rounding in Flow. 34(Supplement 2), S817.
  2. Drum B, Gradick C, Lamb S, Hurdle J (2021). Creating a Values-Based Approach to Residency Selection Using Machine Learning. Abstract published at SHM Converge 2021. Abstract 226. Journal of Hospital Medicine. https://shmabstracts.org/abstract/creating-a-values-based-approach-to-residency-selection-using-machine-learning-2/. 10 May 2021.

Other

  1. Gradick (2025). Insomnia in the Hospitalized Patient. Clinical Guidance Documents for Hospitalists, Division of General Internal Medicine, published on Pulse.utah.edu.18 June 2025.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Hayward N, Tam R, Gradick K, Moss J, Purtell R, Gradick (2021). Workshop on Educational Innovations at the University of Utah Med-Peds program: Speak Up Sim! Identifying and Responding to Microaggressions. NMPRA Western Regional Conference. Loma Linda, CA. 18 April, 2021.
  2. Gradick C, Watson A, Carlson P, Stoesser K, Hansen (2022). Improving Recruiting Methods to Optimize Diversity in Our Institution. A Workshop at the 8th Annual Education Symposium on 9/14/2021.