Meet our Faculty

Michael L. Rhodes, MD - Director

Dr. Rhodes grew up in a military family and lived in Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Arizona, until moving to Lehi, Utah, while in high school. He returned to Georgia to graduate from the university of Georgia in Athens. After medical school and residency training in Georgia, he returned to practice Family Medicine with Intermountain Healthcare in Layton, Utah. He joined the faculty in 1998 and has been the program director since 2001. He has been recognized by both the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for his efforts in teaching medicine and leading the residency program. Dr. Rhodes has professional interest in Medical Informatics and Wilderness Medicine. In his free time, he enjoys restoring his old Jeep, rock crawling, ATV riding, camping and working in the yard at home.

Nicole Clark, MD - Assistant Director

Dr. Clark is a 2002 graduate of the Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency and a former chief resident. Her professional interests include women's health, obstetrics, pediatrics, and general medicine. In her time off, Dr. Clark enjoys movies, walking the Provo River Parkway, and cooking. Dr. Clark has served as the Urban South Region Intermountain Healthcare Hospice Director.

Bob Anderson EdD, MA, M Div - Director

Bob received a bachelor's of arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master's of divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary and master of arts in social service administration from the University of Chicago. He completed a doctoral program in health care education. After 20 years of service, Bob retired as Lt. Col. from the United States Air Force. During his career he received many honors and commendations for his work with victims of terrorism, disasters, and combat stress. Bob was one of the original behavioral scientists chosen to develop and teach the behavioral science and bioethics components in the Air Force Family Medicine Residency programs. His pioneering work lead to his selection as a national finalist for the Franz Inglefinger Primary Care Medicine Teaching Award. Bob enjoys time at home entertaining his golden retrievers. 

Marlin Christiansen, MD - Faculty

Dr. Marlin Christianson, MD was born in Gainesville Florida. He attended Timpview High school in Provo, Utah. and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1990 with a BS in Microbiology. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Christianson completed a Family Practice Internship and residency at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, California in 1997 and a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship for Family Physicians in 1999-2000 at Florida Hospital in Orlando. He Spent 11 years as a physician with the Navy, stationed in Guam, San Diego and Naples, Italy. Dr. Christianson is married to LaDonn Robins. They have five children. He enjoys hiking, fishing, sports, science fiction and music.

Sarah Daly, MD - Faculty

Dr. Daly is originally from Canton, Ohio. She graduated from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in 2001 with a BS in Biology. In 2006, she graduated from Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a 2009 graduate of the Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency and a former chief resident. Her professional interests include women's health, obstetrics, pediatrics, and behavioral medicine. She is actively involved with clinical research. In her spare time, she enjoys jogging, hiking, camping, reading, and spending time with her family.

Douglas Jones, MD

Dr. Jones is originally from Murray, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University and graduated with a degree in International Relations. He received his medical degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and then completed a residency in Family Practice at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Following residency, he served as chief resident and completed a faculty development fellowship at the University of Arizona with emphasis in Pediatrics. Before joining the Residency faculty, he was in private practice in Utah County for nine years. Dr. Jones and his wife Nancy have four children. He enjoys skiing, gardening, hiking and camping.

Robert Mehl, DO

Dr. Mehl was born and raised in Saugus, California. He went to Brigham Young University for undergraduate and graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience. He completed family medicine residency at Utah Valley and then worked in a rural clinic in Pittsfield, Illinois, for four and a half years before returning to the residency to be faculty. His clinical interests include diabetes (particularly insulin pumps), sports medicine and geriatrics. Dr. Mehl and his wife Becky have two daughters. He enjoys running, sports, hiking and any activity that involves water. He is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

David C. Flinders, MD - Part-time Faculty

Following completion of residency, Dr. Flinders practiced in Spanish Fork for 20 years, where he was a founding partner of Spanish Fork Clinic. In 1995, he joined the faculty of Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency. He practiced a full range of family medicine, including surgery and obstetrics. Throughout his career he has been active in the Utah Academy of Family Physicians and nationally with the AAFP. He has enjoyed semi-retirement since March 2012. In addition to the practice of family medicine, he enjoys road biking combined with international travel.

Karyn Springer, MD - Part-Time Faculty

Dr. Springer is a 2001 graduate of the Utah Valley Family Medicine Residency Program. She practices in Orem and remains involved in the program as part-time faculty. She also sits on Intermountain's Board of Trustees and Medical Group Board. Dr. Springer's professional interests include pediatrics, orthopedics, acute care, office-based procedures and women's health. She enjoys spending her free time with her family, baking and "car" camping.

Brent Rich, MD, ATC - Sports Medicine Director

Dr. Rich joined Intermountain Healthcare in July 2005 as the Sports Medicine Fellowship Director. Dr. Rich is a 1984 graduate of Brigham Young University and completed medical school at University of Washington in 1988. After finishing a family practice residency in Phoenix and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Michigan State University, he returned to Phoenix in private practice at University Sports Medicine. He had the honor of being the team physician for Arizona State University, the Arizona Diamondbacks and several high schools. He has been active in the United States Olympic Sports Medicine program since 1994 serving as a team physician for the U.S. Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan in 1998, the U.S. Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in 2000 and the Head Team Physician for the U.S. Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002. Dr. Rich and his wife Lori have four children Katie, K.C., Kristy and Cougar.

Russell J Osguthorpe, MD

Dr. Osguthorpe is a native of Provo.  His interests include: outdoor activities such as snow skiing, biking, fly fishing, gourmet cooking and spending time with his family.  He is an Eagle Scout, fluent in French and a great teacher.

Matthew Steinfeldt, MD

Dr. Steinfeldt did extensive research on the epidemiology of pediatric toxicology and worked closely with the poison center while in medical school. During pediatric residency in Phoenix, Arizona, he focused on pediatric inpatient medicine and infectious diseases. 

Dr. Steinfeldt is married to Amber and they have three daughters. They enjoy the outdoors — doing everything from camping to hiking to just playing in the dirt.