Joyce V. Soprano

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Dr. Joyce Soprano received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her Pediatric residency, as well as fellowships in both Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Sports Medicine at Children´s Hospital Boston. She joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 2000 and is currently a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Soprano"s clinical work is focused in the Emergency Department (ED) at Primary Children"s Hospital (PCH). Her clinical interests include sports-related injuries and concussion and she is currently involved in research on the effects of recent legislation on emergency department utilization for sports-related head injuries. In addition she has been instrumental in instituting an ED clinical protocol for the recognition and evaluation of pediatric stroke. Dr. Soprano served as the Associate Program Director for the fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine for eight years until assuming the role as Program Director in 2014. In that capacity she has focused on fellow education and curriculum development, including methods for subspecialty teaching in the clinical setting. Dr. Soprano has actively participated in hospital-wide clinical programs. She developed and staffed a Pediatric Sports and Dance Medicine Clinic at PCMC for five years. She was the Medical Director for Pediatric Advanced Life Support for the hospital for two years. She currently serves as the Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education for PCH. She has also served on the ED Communications Committee as well as the PCH Continuing Education Committee.