Sam Bircher
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Sam Bircher, MD

Languages spoken: English

Dr. Sam Bircher is an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology. He received his medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia, completed his Pediatric Residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR and his Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Bircher is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Bircher provides neonatology services at the University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children's Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center, where he cares for critically ill infants, premature infants, and infants with various congenital anomalies. His research focus is in inflammatory biology and enhancing diagnostic testing for infants with infection.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

Dr. Sam Bircher is an assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology. He received his medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia, completed his Pediatric Residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR and his Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Bircher is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Bircher provides neonatology services at the University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children's Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center, where he cares for critically ill infants, premature infants, and infants with various congenital anomalies. His research focus is in inflammatory biology and enhancing diagnostic testing for infants with infection.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Neonatology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

Education history

Undergraduate North Carolina State University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - Oregon Health & Science University Resident
Fellowship Neonatology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bircher JS, Dukhovny D (2018). Does Erythropoietin monotherapy reduce mortality or moderate/severe disability in neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy? Acta Paediatr, 107(4), 722.
  2. Hammer S, Carrillo GL, Govindaiah G, Monavarfeshani A, Bircher JS, Su J, Guido W, Fox M (2014). Nuclei-specific differences in nerve terminal distribution, morphology, and development in mouse visual thalamus. Neural development, 9, 16.
  3. Kim AJH, Servino L, Bircher S, Feist C, Rdesinski RE, Dukhovny S, Shaffer BL, Saxton S (2022). Depression and socioeconomic stressors in expectant parents with fetal congenital anomalies. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, 35(25), 8645-8651.
  4. Campbell RA, Campbell HD, Bircher JS, de Araujo CV, Denorme F, Crandell JL, Rustad JL, Monts J, Cody MJ, Kosaka Y, Yost C (2021). Placental HTRA1 cleaves ¿1-antitrypsin to generate a NET-inhibitory peptide. Blood, 138(11), 977-988.

Letter

  1. Bircher JS, Dukhovny (2018). Response to Malla et al. Journal of perinatology, 38(3), 293.