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Our Service to the Community

School of Medicine


We have a long-standing record of service that reflects our commitment to serving the Colorado community.

  • Students and physicians from the School of Medicine will staff a $1 million medical center currently under construction in Guatemala.
  • School of Medicine faculty donated $46 million in care to charity and indigent patients in fiscal year 2012.
  • Jeremy Lazarus, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at the CU School of Medicine, became president of the American Medical Association in June 2012.
  • Darrell G. Kirch, MD, who became president of the Association of American Medical Colleges in 2006, is a graduate of the CU School of Medicine.
  • Approximately 2,300 faculty members and 2,800 volunteer faculty volunteer their services each year.
  • Our 600 medical students volunteer tens of thousands of hours to the community annually, including providing care at Stout Street Clinic, Broadway Assistance Center and Warren Village.
  • CU School of Medicine is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 10 schools in the nation in Primary Care, Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Rural Medicine.

An array of programs and projects designed to help the community is a testament to our commitment. 


Community Newsroom

Community Garden

North Middle School students plan to hold a farmer's market this summer with produce grown in their new community garden - the brainchild of Anschutz Medical Campus students.

Combating Coronavirus

CU's Dr. Connie Savor Price is one of a team of experts invited to Saudi Arabia to investigate the outbreak of a fatal SARS-like disease called coronavirus.

Marriott Agrees to Build Conference Center

Marriott will build a $160 million conference center and hotel complex next to the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Asking Questions Can Save Lives

Asking heart patients about their quality of life can help physicians save lives by predicting heart attacks and other serious health crises.

Dramatic Drop in ER Waits

A new UCH emergency room means quicker service. Wait times for patients have dropped from an average of 80 minutes to 10.

DNA Tests Safer for Fetus

UCH is offering expectant mothers a DNA blood test instead of the more dangerous amniocentesis procedure to test for birth defects.

Eye Exercises Don't Have to Be Expensive

Eye exercises can help people who have problems reading despite having good vision. But a CU doctor says watch out for clinics who advocate and charge for unscientific methods.

Hiring Boom at UCH

A new patient tower translates to a lot more medical staff at UCH. In the last year, 251 nurses have been hired to help care for the booming patient population.

High Tea for New Moms

A high tea service hits the spot for tired, hungry new moms at University of Colorado Hospital.

UCH Chief Shaped Boston ER Response

Practice is key to a successful emergency response in dealing with mass casualties, says University of Colorado Hospital emergency chief Richard Zane, MD, who helped shape Boston policies.

ER Redux

New quarters for the UCH Emergency Department means a transformation in patient care, including all new processes to ease the experience.

Beall Blacklists Journals

CU research librarian Jeffrey Beall tracks the explosion of what he calls "predatory open-access journals," which exploit researchers.

$2 Million Gift for Eye Research

A $2 million donation will endow a research chair at the CU Eye Center to study retinal diseases.

Anschutz Improvements

A four-star hotel, conference center and apartment unit are planned just south of the Anschutz Medical Campus near the new VA hospital.

Accumulating Wellness

Learn how to 'accumulate wellness' with Anschutz Health and Wellness Center Executive Director Jim Hill at a weekend retreat at the Broadmoor Hotel.