Kencee K. Graves
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Kencee K. Graves, FACP, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Kencee Graves, MD, is a Clinical Professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Hospital. As a Hospitalist and Palliative Medicine Physician, she enjoys taking care of hospitalized patients with a variety of acute medical problems, and helping patients understand how medical care can help them live their best quality of life possible. Her specific clinical interests include medical education, patient safety, leadership, quality improvement and improving end-of-life care.

    Dr. Graves received her MD from the University of Utah in 2010. She received training in medicine from the University of Utah, completing her training in 2013. She served as a Chief Medical Resident following her residency. She joined the University of Utah Division of General Internal Medicine in 2014. She completed her fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Medicine in 2019. She currently serves as Chief Medical Quality Officer for University of Utah Health. She is a 2025-2026 Exectutive Leadership in Healthcare Fellow.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine
    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine

  • Kencee Graves, MD, is a Clinical Professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Hospital. As a Hospitalist and Palliative Medicine Physician, she enjoys taking care of hospitalized patients with a variety of acute medical problems, and helping patients understand how medical care can help them live their best quality of life possible. Her specific clinical interests include medical education, patient safety, leadership, quality improvement and improving end-of-life care.

    Dr. Graves received her MD from the University of Utah in 2010. She received training in medicine from the University of Utah, completing her training in 2013. She served as a Chief Medical Resident following her residency. She joined the University of Utah Division of General Internal Medicine in 2014. She completed her fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Medicine in 2019. She currently serves as Chief Medical Quality Officer for University of Utah Health. She is a 2025-2026 Exectutive Leadership in Healthcare Fellow.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions General Medicine
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    National Board of Medical Examiners
    American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine

    Education history

    Undergraduate Biology with minor in Psychology - College of Idaho B.S.
    Undergraduate Boise State University
    Other Training Healthcare Administration - Eastern Washington University
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah M.D.
    Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah Resident
    Chief Resident University of Utah Chief Resident
    Fellowship Hospice and Palliative Medicine - University of Utah Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Lampi KJ, Amyx KK, Ahmann P, Steel EA (2006). Deamidation in human lens betaB2-crystallin destabilizes the dimer. Biochemistry, 45(10), 3146-53. (Read full publication)
    2. Lee VS, Kawamoto K, Hess R, Park C, Young J, Hunter C, Johnson S, Gulbransen S, Pelt CE, Horton DJ, Graves KK, Greene TH, Anzai Y, Pendleton R (2016). Implementation of a Value-Driven Outcomes Program to Identify High Variability in Clinical Costs and Outcomes and Association With Reduced Cost and Improved Quality. JAMA, 316(10), 1061-72. (Read full publication)
    3. Stevens SM, Woller SC, Graves KK, Aston V, Jones J, Snow G, Elliott C (2013). Withholding anticoagulation following a single negative whole-leg ultrasound in patients at high pretest probability for deep vein thrombosis. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis, 19(1), 79-85. (Read full publication)
    4. Graves KK, Faraklas I, Cochran (2012). Identification of risk factors associated with critical illness related corticosteroid insufficiency in burn patients. Journal of burn care & research, 33(3), 330-5. (Read full publication)
    5. Pannucci CJ, Varghese TK, Graves KK, Prazak A (2016). Supratherapeutic anti-factor Xa levels in patients receiving prophylactic doses of enoxaparin: A case series. International journal of surgery case reports, 28, 114-116. (Read full publication)

    Commentary

    1. Rondina MT, Graves K (2016). The addition of abdomen and pelvis CT to limited cancer screening does not increase diagnosis of cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism. Evidence-based medicine, 21(1), 19. (Read full publication)

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