Claire Ciarkowski, MD, FACP, SFHM

Claire Ciarkowski, MD, FACP, SFHM, is a hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She completed medical school at the University of Maryland and her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Utah. Since joining the faculty in 2015, Dr. Ciarkowski has been deeply involved in clinical care, teaching, scholarship, and leadership. She serves as Medical Director for the University of Utah Hospital’s Medical Acute Care Units, directs Utah Advanced Communication Training (UACT), a program focused on communication skills, and is a co-investigator with the Utah Quality Advancement Laboratory (UQuAL). Her professional mission is to strengthen continuous improvement within hospital systems, emphasizing high-value care, stewardship, and relationship-centered communication to support effective, collaborative teams and better patient outcomes.