Dr. Duncan was raised in the medical profession, with his father being a successful veterinarian and his mother a nurse. While in college, he volunteered at Primary Children’s Medical Center and at the Riverton Emergency Department. He knew early on that Emergency Medicine was a natural place for him.
Dr. Duncan and his wife have three children and they love enjoying as much time as possible together riding bikes, being outside, camping, etc. Dr. Duncan enjoys basketball, soccer, running, music and home improvement projects of all sorts.
He loves talking to and taking care of people, and says, “You see a lot of hard things in medicine in general, and especially in the Emergency Department. It is always rewarding to me to help take care of another person’s loved one.” Dr. Duncan chose to work at Uintah Basin Medical Center because it is close to family and he enjoys living in a small town, close to the mountains, and working in a rural hospital allows him to be more hands-on and do things that he would not be able to do in a larger Emergency Department.
Milwaukee, WI
2010-2014
Salt Lake City, UT
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry/Minors in Biology, Math & Physics – 2003-2009
Grand Rapids, MI
Emergency Medicine Residency – 2014-2017
Painful Nerve Injury Decreases Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum CA2+-ATPASE Activity in Axotomized Sensory Neurons. C. Duncan et al. Neuroscience: 231 (2013) 247-257
2011-2012: Research Assistant, Medical College of Wisconsin, Sarco-endoplasmin reticulum Ca2+-ATPase activity in injured neurons, Advisor: Dr. Quinn Hogan, M.D.
2001: Winner of the Dr. Michael J. Dunn Summer Research Poster Contest Award 2009: Outstanding Chemistry Student, Westminster College
2009-2010: Lab Technician, University of Utah School of Medicine, DNA extraction and maintenance of cell lines for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science lab , Advisor: Sayed Ahmed
2008-2009:Undergraduate Research Assistant, Westminster College, Thermostability of proteins in thermophilic bacteria, Advisor: Dr. William Deutschman, Ph.D.