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Levitt Distinguished Speaker Series

Innovations in Health and Healthcare

About Dr. Louis P. Levitt

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.

2016 Levitt Lecture

June 8

Professor Paul Burstow

Former Minister of Mental Health, England

Director, Mental Health Policy Commission, University of Birmingham

“Closing the Mental Health Treatment Gap: Why we need a new paradigm”

June 22

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH

President and CEO, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

“Primary Care in a Value-based Purchasing World: What this means to Colorado and the nation”

2015 Levitt Lecture

April 15

William Beardslee, MD

Director, Baer Prevention Initiatives, Boston Children’s Hospital

Gardner-Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry

“Prevention of Mental Illness: An Idea Whose Time Has Come”

June 17

Kevin Grumbach, MD

Chair, Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco

Co-Director, CTS Community Engagement and Health Policy Program

Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Primary Care

“Emerging Ideas for Advanced Population Health Initiatives”

2014 Fall Levitt Lecture

Dr. Michael K. Magill

Hicken Professor and Chairman,
Department of Family & Preventive Medicine,
University of Utah SOM
Executive Medical Director,
University of Utah Health Plans
Director, Utah Area Health Education Centers Program

View Recorded Lecture

Who Needs A Waiting Room Anyway?
Redesigning healthcare and the primary care practice

2014 Summer Levitt Lecture

Dr. George Rust

Professor, Family Medicine
Founding Director, National Center for Primary Care

View Recorded Lecture

Levitt Lecture June 2014

The Symphony of Primary Care

Parinda Khatri, PhD

Director, Integrated Care at Cherokee Health Systems

View Recorded Lecture

Levitt Lecture August 2014.pdf

Advanced Integration: The Cherokee Health Systems Story

Blended behavioral health and primary care…what it takes. Real-world model, real-world experience, real-world training

2014 Winter Levitt Lecture

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Starting from Scratch: Building a Health Insurance Company from the Ground Up

Giving members a voice and putting people over profits—Health insurance the way it should be

DR. JACK WESTFALL

Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Health Insurance Cooperative

Morning & Afternoon Small Group Conversations

Cold Spotting: Building Local Communities of Solution

Cowboy Poetry and Integrated Communities: How Many Pick-ups in Your Parking Lot?

2013 Fall Levitt Lecture

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Transforming Health Care: An Approach to System-wide Implementation

The Experience of the Basque Health Care System

DR. RAFAEL BENGOA

Former Minister of Health, Basque Country, Spain

Morning & Afternoon Sessions with Dr. Rafael Bengoa

Chronic Illness & Chronic Care as Drivers for Healthcare Transformation

Opportunities to Maximize Impact: Reform Initiatives in Colorado & Beyond

2013 Spring Levitt Lecture

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Direct Primary Care and the Quest to Reform American Healthcare

Time: 12 to 1:30pm
Location: AMC, RC-1, Hensel Phelps Auditorium East

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.

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”

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

​Suggestions​ for Future Levitt Lectures?

Levitt Distinguished Speaker Series

Innovations in Health and Healthcare

About Dr. Louis P. Levitt

2016 Levitt Lecture​

Professor Paul Burstow

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH

2015 Levitt Lecture

William Beardslee, MD

Kevin Grumbach, MD

2014 Fall Levitt Lecture

Dr. Michael K. Magill

Who Needs A Waiting Room Anyway? Redesigning healthcare and the primary care practice

2014 Summer Levitt Lecture

Dr. George Rust

Parinda Khatri, PhD

Advanced Integration: The Cherokee Health Systems Story

2014 Winter Levitt Lecture

Starting from Scratch: Building a Health Insurance Company from the Ground Up

DR. JACK WESTFALL

Morning & Afternoon Small Group Conversations

2013 Fall Levitt Lecture

Transforming Health Care: An Approach to System-wide Implementation

DR. RAFAEL BENGOA

Morning & Afternoon Sessions with Dr. Rafael Bengoa

​​​​2013 Spring Levitt Lecture

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

ERIKA BLISS, MD

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

“Remedy and Reaction: The Next Phase

in the Peculiar American Struggle over Health Care Reform”

2009-2011 Levitt Distinguished Speakers

View Lecture >> CLICK HERE

Suggestions for Future Levitt Lectures?

2016 Levitt Lecture

Who Needs A Waiting Room Anyway?
Redesigning healthcare and the primary care practice

2013 Spring Levitt Lecture

Direct Primary Care and the Quest to Reform American Healthcare