Welcome to the University of Colorado’s Department of Family Medicine.

Dr. Louis P. Levitt was born in Denver in 1896 and graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1927. He practiced medicine in Denver until 1967.  When he died in 1978 he bequeathed $75,000 to the Department of Family Medicine to establish an endowed lectureship>> The Levitt Distinguished Speaker Series.

Over the years, the Department has invited over​​​ 45 distinguished visiting professors, leaders and authorities to speak and consult with the University of Colorado community on various topics of high importance and relevance to primary care and healthcare as a whole.

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Dir​ect Primary Care and the Quest to Reform American Healthcare

ERIKA BLISS, MD

CEO, Qliance Medical Management, Inc.,  Seattle 
Founding member, Direct Primary Care Coalition

Dr. Bliss is committed to putting patients first & creating business models that make that possible.​

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​Afternoon Session

Time: 2 to 4pm
Location: AO1, #3101

Alternative Pra​ctice Models in Primary Care

Small group discussion geared toward students and residents

Panelists

• Dr. Erika Bliss, Qliance Medical Group of Washington PC – Seattle, WA 
  
• Drs. Clint Flanagan & David Tusek, N .Vista Medical Center - Longmont/Firestone, CO  
  
• Dr. Jim Kennedy, Byers Peak Family Medicine - Winter Park, CO
  

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2012 Speakers 

Paul Starr, PhD
Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

November 2, 2012: 12 - 1:30PM, Education Building, #1300

“Remedy and Reaction: The Next Phase

in the Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform” 

View lecture

 

1984 Pulitzer Prize Winner, for over 40 years Dr. Starr has written extensively on American society, politics, and public policy. Known for his blend of idealism and pragmatism, Paul Starr is one of the country’s most eloquent speakers on these subjects.

Most recent book: The Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform. In this book Paul examines the history of America’s struggle over health care reform, from the rise and fall of the Clinton health plan to Mitt Romney’s reforms in Massachusetts that became a model for democrats and the passage of President Obama’s health care package.

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2009-2011 Levitt Distinguished Speakers

Lecturer	Lecture Topic	Archived Content
Paul Starr, PhD Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University    November 2, 2012	​ Remedy and Reaction: The Next Phase in the Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform	​ View Starr lecture
John Geyman, MD Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine  University of Washington School of Medicine   August 22, 2012	​ Primary Care and Health Care Reform: Alternative Futures	​ View Geyman lecture
​Steven Woolf, MD, MPH  Director for the Center for Human Needs Professor of Family Medicine Virginia Commonwealth June 8, 2012	​ Why Social Determinants Matter So Much	​ View Woolf lecture
​Anne Warhover   President and CEO, The Colorado Health Foundation    April 11, 2012	​ ​The Role of Foundations in Powering Health and Healthcare Innovations	​View Warhover lecture
e-Patient Dave   Society of Participatory Medicine Co-Chair, Patient Advocate and Activist    October 31, 2011	​The Copernican Shift: The World Looks Different with the Patient at the Center	View e-Patient Dave lecture
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH   Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Washington   Senior Investigator, WWAMI Rural Health Research Center and Center for Health Workforce Studies   September 30, 2011	​Teaching Health Centers, Community-Based Training, and Other Options for Family Medicine Residency Education	​View Lecture >>CLICK HERE
​G. Gayle Stephens, MD, PhD Leader in the emergence and evolution of Family Medicine as a specialty    September 28, 2011	​Reflections on the Generalist Role in Health Care	​View Lecture >>CLICK HERE
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD President, Institute of Medicine Professor of Health Policy and Management, Emeritus and Former Provost and Dean, Harvard School of Public Health May 25, 2011	Practice Transformation & Statewide Planning	View Lecture >>CLICK HERE
Warren Newton, MD, MPH William B. Aycock Professor and Chair of Family Medicine & Executive Associate Dean for Education, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine January 26, 2011	Practice Transformation & Statewide Planning	View Lecture >>CLICK HERE
Lee Lipsenthal, MD Founder, Finding Balance in a Medical Life December 8, 2010	Living and Dying in Balance	View Lecture >>CLICK HERE
Ned Calonge, MD, MPH Chair, US Preventitive Services Task Force, President and CEO, The Colorado  Trust, Former Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment October 27, 2010	Policy, Politics, and Science: Convergence and Collision at the Intersection	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Robert Gibbons, PhD Director, Center for Health Stratistics & Professor of Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago October 7, 2010	Item Response Theory: The CAT-DI & The Efficient Diagnosis of Depression	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH IBM Director of Healthcare Transformation President, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative June 23, 2010	Breakthrough Clinical Performance: The Place for the Patient Centered Medical Home	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Hilliard Jason, MD, EdD Associate Professor, University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine April 14, 2010	Recent Findings About How Our Brains Work: Implications for Needed Changes in Medical Education	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
James Mold, MD, MPH Professor and Research Director Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine February 24, 2010	Extension Services and Accountable Care Organizations: Can Lessons Learned in Agriculture Be Used to Improve Healthcare	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Arthur Kaufmann, MD Vice President of Community Health & Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico July 22, 2009	The Role of Academic Health Centers in the Health of our Communities	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Kurt Stange, MD, PhD Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology, Sociology, and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University Editor, Annals of Family Medicine May 27, 2009	A Science of Connectedness	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Robert Phillips, MD, MSPH Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH Director and Assistant Director of The Robert Graham Center April 29, 2009	Is Colorado Ready for a Primary Care-Based System?	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE
Allen Dobson Jr., MD Vice President Carolinas Healthcare System February 4, 2009	Health Care Reform 2009: The Case for Medical Homes and Community Systems	View Lecture >> CLICK HERE

 

Listing of Levitt Dinguished Speakers prior to 2009

 

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