University Of Utah Appoints Dr. Curry Koening to establish Vasculitis Center

December, 2007

We announce the faculty appointment of Curry L. Koening, M.D., M.S. to the Rheumatology Division at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Dr. Koening plans to establish the first Vasculitis Center in the Western United States. His goal is to provide comprehensive medical care not only for patients with Churg-Strauss syndrome but also for patients with other forms of vasculitis. The University of Utah offers world class care in all subspecialty areas of medicine including otolaryngology, pulmonary medicine, neurology, vascular surgery, along with preeminent medical imaging.

Dr. Koening obtained his medical degree at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. He then completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at the University of Utah. He then did a vasculitis fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Vasculitis Care and Research in Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, he completed a Master in Science in the Clinical Research Scholar’s Program at Case Western Reserve University. His fellowship was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) thru the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC). His research interests have been in the study of treatment outcomes in patients afflicted with Wegener’s granulomatosis and the study of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of vasculitis. Dr. Koening’s future goal is to partner with other Vasculitis Centers around the country to help study experimental medications for the treatment of vasculitis.

There is more information and an interview with Dr. Koening on the Vasculitis Foundation website.

Curry L. Koening, MD, MS
University of Utah
Division of Rheumatology
Room 4b200 SOM
30 N 1900 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84132