Sarah Elizabeth Dixon Cipriano

Sarah Elizabeth Dixon Cipriano, MD, MPH, MS

Clinical Locations

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

801-581-2955

  • Dr. Sarah Cipriano is board certified in Dermatology and sub-specialty boarded in Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Cipriano cares for pediatric patients with complex medical conditions and devotes a significant amount of time to caring for hospitalized children at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is the co-coordinator of the national Society of Pediatric Dermatology Inpatient Special Interest Group and lectures locally, regionally and nationally. She works closely with pediatric generalists and specialists to delivery high quality and compassionate care. In addition to her general pediatric dermatology clinics, Dr. Cipriano also attends combined pediatric dermatology/rheumatology clinic, multidisciplinary tuberous sclerosis clinic and vascular anomalies clinic. Her interests include infantile hemangiomas and other birthmarks, pigmentary disorders, blistering disorders, psoriasis, acne and atopic dermatitis. She enjoys working with patients from birth through adolescence.

    Dr. Cipriano is the Vice Chair of Education for the University of Utah Department of Dermatology. She is passionate about medical education and remains committed to local and national education efforts. She is the lead dermatology educator at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is also a small group facilitator for "Layers of Medicine," a longitudinal course designed to help medical students attend to the 'big picture' conceptualization of what medical care means and the broader socio-cultural factors that shape its delivery. Dr. Cipriano was the director of curriculum development for the American Academy of Dermatology Basic Dermatology Curriculum, a publicly available educational resource for medical students and primary care providers. She participates on multiple local and national education committees and was the recipient of the Rising Star in Education Award from the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Cipriano has been instrumental in the Department of Dermatology's commitment to the crucial work of creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive academic unit. She was awarded the 2022 School of Medicine Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Award for her work in this area.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Dermatology
    American Board of Dermatology (Sub: Pediatric Dermatology)

  • Dr. Sarah Cipriano is board certified in Dermatology and sub-specialty boarded in Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Cipriano cares for pediatric patients with complex medical conditions and devotes a significant amount of time to caring for hospitalized children at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is the co-coordinator of the national Society of Pediatric Dermatology Inpatient Special Interest Group and lectures locally, regionally and nationally. She works closely with pediatric generalists and specialists to delivery high quality and compassionate care. In addition to her general pediatric dermatology clinics, Dr. Cipriano also attends combined pediatric dermatology/rheumatology clinic, multidisciplinary tuberous sclerosis clinic and vascular anomalies clinic. Her interests include infantile hemangiomas and other birthmarks, pigmentary disorders, blistering disorders, psoriasis, acne and atopic dermatitis. She enjoys working with patients from birth through adolescence.

    Dr. Cipriano is the Vice Chair of Education for the University of Utah Department of Dermatology. She is passionate about medical education and remains committed to local and national education efforts. She is the lead dermatology educator at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is also a small group facilitator for "Layers of Medicine," a longitudinal course designed to help medical students attend to the 'big picture' conceptualization of what medical care means and the broader socio-cultural factors that shape its delivery. Dr. Cipriano was the director of curriculum development for the American Academy of Dermatology Basic Dermatology Curriculum, a publicly available educational resource for medical students and primary care providers. She participates on multiple local and national education committees and was the recipient of the Rising Star in Education Award from the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Cipriano has been instrumental in the Department of Dermatology's commitment to the crucial work of creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive academic unit. She was awarded the 2022 School of Medicine Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Award for her work in this area.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Dermatology -Primary
    Pediatrics -Adjunct
    Board Certification
    American Board of Dermatology
    American Board of Dermatology (Sub: Pediatric Dermatology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Pediatric Dermatology - University of Utah Clinical Fellow
    Dermatology - University of Utah Resident
    Research Fellow Medical Education in Dermatology - University of California, San Francisco Research Fellow
    Primary Care/General Internal Medicine - University of California, San Francisco Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine; Concentration: Health Professions Education - University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco M.D.
    Health and Medical Sciences - University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco M.S.
    Graduate Training Infectious Diseases - University of California, Berkeley M.P.H.
    Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Community Studies - University of California, Santa Cruz B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Roybal LL, Bowen AR, Cipriano SD (2020). Congenital cystic nodules on the ear of an 8-month-old infant. Pediatr Dermatol, 37(6), 1160-1161.
    2. Reynolds SD, Mathur AN, Chiu YE, Brandling-Bennett HA, Pope E, Siegel MP, Holland KE, Paller AS, Siegfried EC, Tom WL, Lara-Corrales I, Tollefson MM, Maguiness S, Eichenfield LF, Sugarman J, Frieden IJ, Oza VS, Cipriano SD, Huang JT, Shah SD, Lauren CT, Castelo-Soccio L, McMahon P, Cordoro KM (2020). Systemic immunosuppressive therapy for inflammatory skin diseases in children: Expert consensus-based guidance for clinical decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Dermatol, 37(3), 424-434.
    3. Gonzalez CD, Cipriano SD, Topham CA, Stevenson DA, Whitehead KJ, Vanderhooft S, Presson AP, McDonald J (2019). Localization and age distribution of telangiectases in children and adolescents with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: A retrospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol, 81(4), 950-955.
    4. Steinauer J, Baron M, Freedman L, Perrucci A, Dehlendorf C, Cipriano SD (2018). Promoting medical student self-awareness through a challenging patient workshop. Med Educ, 52(11), 1193-1194.
    5. Cipriano SD, Dybbro E, Boscardin CK, Shinkai K, Berger TG (2013). Online learning in a dermatology clerkship: piloting the new American Academy of Dermatology Medical Student Core Curriculum. J Am Acad Dermatol, 69(2), 267-72.

    Review

    1. Haber JS, Cipriano SD, Oza VS (2022). Morbilliform Eruptions in the Hospitalized Child. [Review]. Dermatol Clin, 40(2), 191-202.

    Case Report

    1. Jimenez A, Blain K, Khalighi M, Clarke JT, Snook J, Cipriano SD (2021). Neonatal pemphigoid gestationis: An atypical presentation of a rare disease. Pediatr Dermatol, 38(6), 1575-1576.
    2. Blue E, Abbott J, Bowen A, Cipriano SD (2020). Linear porokeratosis with bone abnormalities treated with compounded topical 2% cholesterol/2% lovastatin ointment. Pediatr Dermatol, 38(1), 242-245.
    3. Milliken M, Lee J, Cipriano SD (2020). Chondrodysplasia punctata and neonatal lupus in an infant with positive anti-RNP and negative anti-Ro/SSA and -La/SSB antibodies, a case report. Pediatr Dermatol, 37(5), 925-928.
    4. Frigerio A, Toptan T, Chang Y, Abbott J, Cipriano SD, Bowen AR (2019). Widespread keratosis pilaris-like eruption in an immunocompromised child. JAAD Case Rep, 5(4), 352-354.
    5. Parsons K, Cipriano SD, Rosen LB, Browne SK, Walter JE, Stone BL, Keeshin S, Chen K (2019). Severe Facial Herpes Vegetans and Viremia in NFKB2-Deficient Common Variable Immunodeficiency. Front Pediatr, 7, 61.

    Letter

    1. Carter Febres M, Abbott J, Cipriano SD, Knackstedt ED, George TI, Afify Z (2020). Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), an important and underrecognized HLH mimic: A case report. [Letter to the editor]. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 68(2), e28657.