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Sarah Gilligan
( out of 93 reviews )

Sarah Gilligan, MD

Clinical Locations

Kidney & Liver Clinic

Kidney and Liver Clinic
Salt Lake City
801-581-2772
  • Dr. Gilligan grew up in Maine and went to Tufts University for her undergraduate degree (BA in Psychology). She then moved to California where she met her husband while working on her MS in Kinesiology. After graduate school, she moved to Denver where she worked for several years as a professional research assistant studying exercise in patients with diabetes and PAD before returning to Tufts for medical school. She did the Tufts Maine Track program, spending her third year in a rural hospital on Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum pathway. She moved to Utah for residency and stayed for her nephrology fellowship and faculty position. Sarah has 3 children and, in addition to spending time with her family and pets, she enjoys running, hiking, camping, and enjoying the outdoors. Her professional interests are clinical nephrology and education.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 93 reviews )

    The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.

    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    Patient Comments

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    Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    September 30, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    As always, Dr. Gilligan is very professional and personable! She is easy to talk to and accept her advice! I prefer dealing with her compared to other doctors.

    September 26, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Dr. Gilligan is wonderful to talk to. Her depth of knowledge and ability to covey it so I understand is matched by no one. She is managing my unique situation well and I feel very comfortable trusting her with my care

    September 20, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Explained my lab work so I understand what is going on with my health

    September 17, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Dr. Sarah Gilligan is very attentive. She is caring and interested in providing sound medical advise. She is unrushed, highly component, and genuinely interested in providing the best care.

    September 15, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    She was mostly very attentive and listen to my questions!

    July 25, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Quick in and out

    July 18, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Caring, insightful, excellent communicator!

    July 14, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Very knowledgeable and caring doctor.

    July 13, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    She came into the room introduced yourself she was very lovely yet she seemed very caring and it was very easy for me to talk to her, and to give her the rundown on what I thought might have been the problem, and she was very interested in that and made me feel very good.

  • Dr. Gilligan grew up in Maine and went to Tufts University for her undergraduate degree (BA in Psychology). She then moved to California where she met her husband while working on her MS in Kinesiology. After graduate school, she moved to Denver where she worked for several years as a professional research assistant studying exercise in patients with diabetes and PAD before returning to Tufts for medical school. She did the Tufts Maine Track program, spending her third year in a rural hospital on Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum pathway. She moved to Utah for residency and stayed for her nephrology fellowship and faculty position. Sarah has 3 children and, in addition to spending time with her family and pets, she enjoys running, hiking, camping, and enjoying the outdoors. Her professional interests are clinical nephrology and education.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Academic Divisions Nephrology & Hypertension
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Nephrology - University of Utah School of Medicine Fellow
    Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Tufts University School of Medicine M.D.
    Kinesiology - California State University, Sacramento M.S.
    Undergraduate Psychology - Tufts University B.A.