Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Disclosure(s): Zimmer Biomet: Advisor/Consultant
Dr. Certain is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Utah. She is also Chief of Infectious Diseases at the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. She specializes in orthopedic infections, and works closely with the University of Utah Orthopedics Department to provide clinical care for their patients. Prior to moving to Utah in 2017, she completed her residency and fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship studying prosthetic joint infections in an animal model at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Her current research and quality improvement efforts include: outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, prosthetic joint infections, and infections after fracture fixation. She is a member of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) and serves as President of its Executive Board for the 2022-2023 academic year.