Skip to main content
Sarah Gilligan
( out of 169 reviews )

Sarah Gilligan, MD

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Kolff Dialysis Center
423 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City , UT 84108

Kidney & Liver Clinic

Kidney and Liver Clinic
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

University of Utah Hospital

Nephrology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

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.

Specialties

Board Certification

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

Patient Rating

5.0 /5
( out of 169 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

Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is a GREAT Doctor. She cares deeply about you and your kidneys. She is kind, but serious about what it takes to have healthy kidneys. She found out that I was low on B12 and that has made a big difference. None of my other Doctors found that low level. She is very detailed oriented.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

If you need a careing, thourough, highly knowledgeable doctor, Dr. Gilligan would be perfect!

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Very professional, yet understanding! Honest answers!!! Exudes empathy! If she sees a problem, she acts!! I know!! I was at an appointment when I had a weird fast hitting problem! Without delay I found myself being wheeled to emergency. Tests were run and it was called a mini-stroke!! I'm still recovering with lots of support! Her actions made a lot of difference! I am lucky that it happened at a routine appointment with her!!! I just had another appointment with her. She said that she remembers my last appointment! We both looked at each other and then I thanked her again for her training and fast action!! It's been six months and lots of home nurses. I'm still working on hopefully getting back to normal! But her fast actions I'm sure made a difference of what might have been!!! I was lucky that it happened had I the appointment that day with her!!! [NAME REMOVED]

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I find the staff very helpful and they are always willing to listen

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Competent, friendly informative.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Only saw shortly, but very nice, asked how overall appointment went, and seemed genuinely concerned about my well being.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is a great person and is so kind. I fill secure even with my health problems because she is recommending what is the best for me. She try to find the solution.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Experience with Sarah was very good and she is helping me a lot with my situation.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Gilligan is an excellent doctor and is straight forward and professional. Great "bed side" manner.

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 -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Nephrology & Hypertension
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Education history

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