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Claire Ciarkowski
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Claire Ciarkowski, MD, FACP, SFHM

Languages spoken: English

Claire Ciarkowski, MD is a Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She received her MD from the University of Maryland in 2012 and completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Ciarkowski joined the Division of General Internal Medicine in 2015. As an academic hospitalists and clinician–leader, she has taken mission of the University of Utah to heart to provide personal, high-quality care of hospitalized patients, educate health care professionals on patient centered communication skills and advance practice by quality improvement research of inpatient conditions. Her scholarship and service focus on improving the safety, value, and humanity of inpatient care.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine

Claire Ciarkowski, MD is a Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She received her MD from the University of Maryland in 2012 and completed residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Ciarkowski joined the Division of General Internal Medicine in 2015. As an academic hospitalists and clinician–leader, she has taken mission of the University of Utah to heart to provide personal, high-quality care of hospitalized patients, educate health care professionals on patient centered communication skills and advance practice by quality improvement research of inpatient conditions. Her scholarship and service focus on improving the safety, value, and humanity of inpatient care.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine

Education history

Undergraduate Biology - University of Maryland B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Maryland School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ciarkowski CE, Howard K, Imlay H, Wu C, Hopkins CL, Vaughn VM, Spivak E (2026). Streamlining antibiotic use in community acquired pneumonia: A quality improvement initiative. Journal of hospital medicine,
  2. Hooper G, Vanderloo MJ, Akers K, Braun E, Call M, Ciarkowski (2025). Impact of Flexible Communication Skills Training on Healthcare Professionals' Communication Knowledge and Confidence. Research square,
  3. Incze MA, Szymczak JE, Done E, Stolebarger L, England N, Marshall E, Raju S, Gray M, Saunders M, Ciarkowski CE, Willey JC, Bristol AA, Amaton U, Vaughn V (2025). Building a Network for Community-Engaged Research Related to Substance Use Disorder Care Transitions: A Commentary With Protocol. Substance use & addiction journal, 47(1), 29767342251358099.
  4. Imlay H, Ciarkowski CE, Bryson-Cahn C, Chan JD, Hartlage WP, Hersh AL, Lynch JB, Martinez-Paz N, Spivak ES, Hardin H, White AT, Wu C, Kassamali Escobar Z, Vaughn V (2024). Validation and generalizability of an asymptomatic bacteriuria metric in critical access hospitals. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 46(2), 1-6.
  5. Ciarkowski CE, Imlay HN, Bryson-Cahn C, Chan JD, Hartlage W, Hersh AL, Lynch JB, Martinez-Paz N, Spivak ES, Hardin H, White AT, Wu C, Vaughn VM, Kassamali Escobar (2024). Antimicrobial stewardship to reduce overtreatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in critical access hospitals: measuring a quality improvement intervention. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 46(2), 1-7.
  6. Lappé KL, Raaum SE, Ciarkowski CE, Reddy SP, Johnson S (2020). Impact of Hospitalist Team Structure on Patient-Reported Satisfaction with Physician Performance. Journal of general internal medicine, 35(9), 2668-2674.
  7. Johnson SA, Ciarkowski CE, Lappe KL, Kendrick DR, Smith A, Reddy S (2020). Comparison of Resident, Advanced Practice Clinician, and Hospitalist Teams in an Academic Medical Center: Association With Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization. Journal of hospital medicine, 15(12), 709-715.
  8. Ciarkowski CE, Timbrook TT, Kukhareva PV, Edholm KM, Hatton ND, Hopkins CL, Thomas F, Sanford MN, Igumnova E, Benefield RJ, Kawamoto K, Spivak E (2020). A Pathway for Community-Acquired Pneumonia With Rapid Conversion to Oral Therapy Improves Health Care Value. Open forum infectious diseases, 7(11), ofaa497.
  9. Edholm K, Kukhareva P, Ciarkowski C, Carr J, Gill D, Rupp A, Morshedzadeh J, Wanner N, Kawamoto (2018). Decrease in Inpatient Telemetry Utilization Through a System-Wide Electronic Health Record Change and a Multifaceted Hospitalist Intervention. Journal of hospital medicine, 13(8), 531-536.
  10. Ciarkowski C, Graves K, Murphy R, Marr J, Balch H, LaBrin (2017). In the Literature. The hospitalist, (Feb 2017),
  11. Filkins LM, Gaston DC, Mathison B, Smith T, Couturier MR, Murphy RD, Ciarkowski C, Hanson KE, Cariello P (2017). Biliary Strongyloides stercoralis With Cholecystitis and Extensive Portal Vein Thrombosis. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(4), ofx217.
  12. He K, Goel A, Ciarkowski CE, Song L, Lee H (2011). Brain area specific regulation of synaptic AMPA receptors by phosphorylation. Communicative & integrative biology, 4(5), 569-72.

Editorial

  1. Ciarkowski CE, Vaughn V (2024). To give or not give corticosteroids; that is the question. Journal of hospital medicine,
  2. Ciarkowski C, Vaughn V (2022). Antibiotic documentation: death by a thousand clicks. BMJ quality & safety, 31(11), 773-775.