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Vice-Chair of Pediatrics
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
https://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u0031050
Karen Buchi, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She has an extensive history in academic leadership, serving as the Medical Director of the University of Utah’s Well Baby and Intermediate Nurseries, Medical Director of South Main Clinic, and Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics. Her research and advocacy work are focused on maternal substance use and the drug-endangered child.
No conflicts of interest (02/23/2023)
Smid MC, Allshouse AA, McMillin GA, Nunez K, Cavin T, Worden J, Buchi K, Muniyappa B, Varner MW, Cochran G, Metz TD.
Umbilical Cord Collection and Drug Testing to Estimate Prenatal Substance Exposure in Utah.
Obstet Gynecol.
2022;140(2):153-162.
PubMed abstract / Full Text
Morris E, Bardsley T, Schulte K, Seidel J, Shakib JH, Buchi KF, Fung CM.
Hospital Outcomes of Infants with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome at a Tertiary Care Hospital with High Rates of Concurrent
Nonopioid (Polysubstance) Exposure.
Am J Perinatol.
2020.
PubMed abstract / Full Text
This study was to determine hospital outcomes of infants exposed to opioids alone or co-exposed with nonopioid substances
(polysubstance) in a single urban academic center.
Drapkin Z, Franchek-Roa K, Srinivas GL, Buchi KF, Miescier MJ.
Is my baby normal? A review of seemingly worrisome but normal newborn signs, symptoms and behaviors.
Am J Emerg Med.
2019;37(6):1153-1159.
PubMed abstract
Shakib J, Buchi K, Smith E, Young PC.
Management of newborns born to mothers with chorioamnionitis: is it time for a kinder, gentler approach?.
Acad Pediatr.
2015;15(3):340-4.
PubMed abstract
Steele JS, Buchi KF.
Medical and mental health of children entering the utah foster care system.
Pediatrics.
2008;122(3):e703-9.
PubMed abstract