Karen Manotas

Karen Manotas, MD

Languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Mental Health Institute (formerly UNI)

Salt Lake City
801-583-2500

West High School Clinic

Salt Lake City
801-646-9378

  • Karen Manotas, MD, MS, Assistant Professor (Clinical), first came to Utah for medical school in 2012. Originally from Boca Raton, Florida, she fell in love with the city, it’s people, and the quality training provided here and completed medical school, adult psychiatry residency, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Manotas is board-certified in Psychiatry (2020-present) and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2023-present) by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Manotas has a particular interest in systems based care, especially in the school setting. She will be working on the inpatient child units at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, as well as in several urban and rural Utah schools providing school-based psychiatric consultations. Additional interests include clinical research, program development, and quality improvement.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

  • Karen Manotas, MD, MS, Assistant Professor (Clinical), first came to Utah for medical school in 2012. Originally from Boca Raton, Florida, she fell in love with the city, it’s people, and the quality training provided here and completed medical school, adult psychiatry residency, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Manotas is board-certified in Psychiatry (2020-present) and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2023-present) by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Manotas has a particular interest in systems based care, especially in the school setting. She will be working on the inpatient child units at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, as well as in several urban and rural Utah schools providing school-based psychiatric consultations. Additional interests include clinical research, program development, and quality improvement.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry -Primary
    Academic Divisions Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

    Education history

    Fellowship Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    General Adult Psychiatry - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine M.D.
    Biomedical Sciences - Florida Atlantic University M.S.
    Undergraduate Biology - Florida Atlantic University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Lakkaraja M, Berkowitz RL, Vinograd CA, Manotas KC, Jin JC, Ferd P, Gabor J, Wissert M, McFarland JG, Bussel JB (2016). Omission of fetal sampling in treatment of subsequent pregnancies in fetal-neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 215(4), 471.e1-9. (Read full article)
    2. Lakkaraja M, Jin JC, Manotas KC, Vinograd CA, Ferd P, Gabor J, Wissert M, Berkowitz RL, McFarland JG, Bussel JB (2016). Blood group A mothers are more likely to develop anemia during antenatal intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Transfusion, 56(10), 2449-2454. (Read full article)
    3. Park J, Manotas K, Hooyman N (2014). Chronic pain management by ethnically and racially diverse older adults: pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain therapies. Pain Manag, 3(6), 435-54. (Read full article)
    4. Park J, Hirz CE, Manotas K, Hooyman N (2013). Nonpharmacological pain management by ethnically diverse older adults with chronic pain: barriers and facilitators. J Gerontol Soc Work, 56(6), 487-508. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Jin JC, Lakkaraja MM, Ferd P, Manotas K, Gabor J, Wissert M, Berkowitz RL, McFarland JG, Bussel JB (2019). Maternal sensitization occurs before delivery in severe cases of fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Hematol, 94(8), E213-E215. (Read full article)

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