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Capitol: 801.538.1035
FAX: 801.326.1475
District: 801.580.1501
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Senator
Suite 320 State Capitol 350 North State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
District Office:
350 State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
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| Elected: 2022 Next Election: 2026 | |
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BioDr. Plumb is a Utah native, born in Salt Lake City. She attended UCLA for her undergraduate training and went on to obtain her Master of Public Health and MD degrees. After that she went off to complete her medical residency training in Pediatrics at Rileys Children's Hospital/Indiana University and her Pediatric Emergency Medicine here at Primary Children's Hospital.
In addition to seeing patients in the pediatric ER, Dr. Plumb is very active in our community as an advocate for issues surrounding substance use, abuse, and prevention. In 1996, Dr. Plumb lost her younger brother Andy to a heroin overdose. Because of that Dr. Plumb has dedicated her life to to fighting the opioid crisis, over 7,000 lives have been saved by the use of Naloxone (an opioid reversal drug.) Dr. Plumb was vigilant in getting bipartisan support from the legislature to allow individuals to carry Naloxone and has opened Utah Naloxone Clinic in downtown Salt Lake City. Dr. Plumb continues to educate and train physicians, medical groups, law enforcement agencies, and government entities in the use of Naloxone.
Dr. Pumb is also a proud mother to an amazing transgender daughter and an advocate for our transgender youth and community members. She has been squarely centers in guaranteeing that our transgender community members are protected against threats to their ability to receive quality lifesaving and affirming medical care and supported in all spaces to participate in all activities.
In her free time, she loves to spent time at the cabin in the mountains, fishing by the lake with her family and friends or just being around her crew of senior rescue dogs.
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