Dr. Colin Grissom, M.D.

Education

• B.A. - Yale University (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry) New Haven, CT
• M.D. - Yale University School of Medicine (Medicine) New Haven, CT
• Resident - University of Washington (Internal Medicine) Seattle, WA
• Fellow - University of Utah Hospitals (Pulmonary/Critical Care) Salt Lake City, UT
• Fellow - University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Cardiology (Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography) Salt Lake City, UT

Professional Experience

• Attending Physician, Shock Trauma ICU, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
• Senior Medical Director, Critical Care, Intermountain Healthcare
• Clinical Professor - Univeristy of Utah - Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division
• Associate Medical Director of Life Flight, Adult Services, Intermountain Healthcare (1999-2010)
• Past Presidnet, Wilderness Medical Society (2008-2010)

Dr. Colin Grissom is currently the Senior Medical Director for Critical Care at Intermountain Healthcare and is a practicing critical care physician at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. Dr. Grissom is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, and trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Utah. Dr. Grissom has been an academic critical care physician at Intermountain Healthcare since 1997, has over 125 peer reviewed publications, is a Professor of Medicine at The University of Utah and at Intermountain Healthcare. Dr. Grissom’s prior research includes work in a number of different areas relevant to wilderness medicine including respiratory physiology and hypothermia during avalanche burial, high altitude illness, and rescue/medical care in austere environments. He served as President of the Wilderness Medical Society from 2008 to 2010, was on the National Ski Patrol National Medical Committee from 2001 to 2021, and was the Chief Venue Medical Officer for the Soldier Hollow Nordic Ski Venue during the 2002 Olympics in Utah. Dr. Grissom has extensive mountaineering experience on Denali having summited by three different routes and he was a member of the National Park Service High Altitude Rescue Team during the spring climbing season on Denali from 1992 to 1998. In addition, Dr. Grissom has been on 3 expeditions to the Himalaya (Dhualagiri Nepal 1987, Makalu North Pillar Nepal 1990, and Latok 1 Pakistan 1993). He has other alpine climbing experience in North America, South America, and Europe.

Dr. Scott McIntosh, M.D., MPH, FAWM, DiMM

Professional Experience

• Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine
• Director, Wilderness Medicine Fellowship - University of Utah School of Medicine
• Associate Medical Director & Flight Physician - AirMed Air Ambulance Transport Services
• Medical Director - Summit County EMS
• Past President (2019-2020), Wilderness Medical Society

Dr. Scott McIntosh is internationally recognized in the field of mountain medicine. He is a tenured faculty member in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. He received degrees in Biology and English Literature at Duke University. He then began guiding rock and ice climbs as well as mountaineering throughout the world. Dr. McIntosh earned his medical degree from the University of Vermont and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Utah.

He serves as the Medical Director of Summit County, where he oversees all teaching and clinical aspects of the paramedic and ambulance services. He also serves as Associate Medical Director of AirMed, the University of Utah's medical flight service. Dr. McIntosh's role also includes Director of the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship, which trains graduates in the academic and clinical skills of this specialty. He has authored over 30 scientific papers and book chapters in the fields of mountain medicine and emergency medicine. Dr. McIntosh served as Editor-in-Chief of the Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal, the premier medical journal for mountain and wilderness medicine, and on the Board of Directors for the Wilderness Medical Society. He has been the rescue physician on Denali for three seasons, and is the co-Director of the Diploma in Mountain Medicine program in the United States.

Dr. TJ Hartridge D.O.

Dr Hartridge is the newest member of the Medical Adisory Board. We are excited to have him join us. More information is coming soon.

Dr. Shawn Smith M.D.

Doctor of Neurology, Intermountain Health Care

Education and Training

• Internship: University of Utah Medical Center - Salt Lake City, UT in Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
• Residency: University of Utah Medical Center - Salt Lake City, UT in Neurology, 2004 - 2007
• Fellowship: University of Utah Medical Center - Salt Lake City, UT in Neurological Critical Care, 2011 - 2013
• University of Utah School of Medicine - Salt Lake City, UT in Doctor of Medicine, 1999 - 2003

Dr. Brian Fukushima, M.D.

Orthopedic Surgeon

Education and Training

• University of Utah School of Medicine 1994-1998
• Residency: University Hospital, Clevland, OH 1999-2003
• Fellowship: The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital 2003-2004
• AM BD ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY re-verification 12/31/2026

Provider - Utah Orthopedic Specialists

Owner - Brighton Ski Resort Medical Clinic

Dr. Jeff Lane M.D.

Jeff Lane is a recent graduate of the wilderness medicine fellowship at the University of Utah where he is focused on academic interests including high physiology and avalanche safety. A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, he completed emergency medicine training at the University of Rochester. As a resident, he developed and directed a wilderness medical elective for medical students and taught wilderness first aid to forest conservation field staff in Sukadana, Indonesian Borneo. Jeff has twice participated in climbing patrols with the National Park Service on Denali. In his free time, he enjoys climbing, skiing, and mountain biking.