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Kajsa Elisabeth Vlasic
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Kajsa Elisabeth Vlasic, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Swedish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Rapid Treatment Unit
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

Primary Children's Hospital - Lehi

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2250 N Miller Campus Dr
Lehi , UT 84043

Primary Children's Hospital - Lehi

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2250 N Miller Campus Dr
Lehi , UT 84043

Sugar House Health Center

General Pediatrics
1280 E. Stringham Avenue
Salt Lake City , UT 84106

Dr. Kajsa Vlasic is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah. She completed her Pediatrics residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania followed by a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah. She is currently completing a combined Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health fellowship, which will finish in June 2026, and is pursuing a Master of Science in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with anticipated graduation in 2026.

Dr. Vlasic is board-certified in Pediatrics and is board eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Her clinical and academic interests include global pediatric injury and trauma, health system development to improve acute care access for injured children in resource-limited settings, pediatric emergency medicine fellowship education in low- and middle-income countries, and narrative medicine. Her current research is based in Moshi, Tanzania and Cape Town, South Africa.

She provides care in the Emergency Department and Rapid Treatment Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and Lehi, Utah.

Dr. Kajsa Vlasic is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Utah. She completed her Pediatrics residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania followed by a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah. She is currently completing a combined Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health fellowship, which will finish in June 2026, and is pursuing a Master of Science in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with anticipated graduation in 2026.

Dr. Vlasic is board-certified in Pediatrics and is board eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Her clinical and academic interests include global pediatric injury and trauma, health system development to improve acute care access for injured children in resource-limited settings, pediatric emergency medicine fellowship education in low- and middle-income countries, and narrative medicine. Her current research is based in Moshi, Tanzania and Cape Town, South Africa.

She provides care in the Emergency Department and Rapid Treatment Unit at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and Lehi, Utah.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Emergency Medicine

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Vlasic K, Mwakyembe T, Sakita F, Fleming I, Lewis G, Nkini G, Mmary N, Marandu D, Fino N, Holiday J, Watt MH, Staton CA, Keating EM, Mmbaga BM (2025). A characterization of pediatric burn injury patients presenting to a zonal referral hospital in Northern Tanzania. J Burn Care Res, 47(1), 390-402.
  2. Moshi B, Keating EM, Mmbaga BT, Saxton A, Nickenig Vissoci JR, Mwita WC, Nkenguye W, Andongolile A, Puschel M, Shewiyo EJ, Sumbai FG, Kajoka HD, Vlasic K, Sakita FM, Shayo F, Staton CA, Mahande MJ, Smith ER, Moshi H (2025). Estimation of Disability Adjusted Life Years in Pediatric Injury Patients at a Zonal Referral Hospital in Northern Tanzania. Sage Open Pediatr, 12, 30502225251365185.
  3. Vlasic K, Mwakyembe T, Fleming I, Lewis G, Jayaraman S, Staton CA, Watt MH, Mmbaga BT, Keating EM (2025). The time to care is now: a multidisciplinary call to action for addressing paediatric burn injuries globally. Int Health, 17(5), 609-611.
  4. Moshi B, Mahande MJ, Tupetz A, Keating EM, Vissoci JRN, Mwita WC, Nkenguye W, Vlasic K, Sakita FM, Shayo F, Smith ER, Staton CA, Mmbaga BT, Moshi H (2025). Evaluation of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale for monitoring paediatric injury patients at a zonal referral hospital in Northern Tanzania. BMJ Paediatr Open, 9(1).
  5. Keating EM, Sakita F, Vlasic K, Amiri I, Nkini G, Nkoronko M, Young B, Birchall J, Watt MH, Staton CA, Mmbaga BT (2023). Healthcare provider perspective on barriers and facilitators in the care of pediatric injury patients at a tertiary hospital in Northern Tanzania: A qualitative study. PLOS Glob Public Health, 3(11), e0002599.