Tracy M. Frech, MD, MS is the Director of the Systemic Sclerosis Clinic at the University of Utah Hospital and Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is also the Director of Clinical Trials for the Division of Rheumatology.Dr. Frech completed a combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics internship and residency at the University of Utah in 2005. She then finished a two-year Rheumatology fellowship in 2007 and Master in Clinical Investigation in 2009. Upon completion of her fellowship she joined the faculty in the Division of Rheumatology, and is currently an associate professor. She received a degree in Personalized Medicine in 2014. Her research interests include the vascular aspects of autoimmune disease, primarily vascular leak, and systemic sclerosis. She has participated in many single and multi-center trials and has published dozens of articles in peer review journals. Dr. Frech provides mentorship to medical students, with a focus on improving their early research experiences. She is also fluent in Spanish.