{"id":81479,"date":"2025-03-26T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=81479"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:52:34","slug":"the-university-of-colorado-school-of-medicine-an-enduring-benefit-for-colorado-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-university-of-colorado-school-of-medicine-an-enduring-benefit-for-colorado-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"The University of Colorado School of Medicine: An enduring benefit for Colorado and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_81481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81481\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81481\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/21091057\/UCHealth-7-CTICU-Roundssized.webp\" alt=\"Kyndall Hadley listens to Dr. Jessica Yu Rove's response as they discuss patients' vital signs before going on daily rounds in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care unit. Hadley, a Denver native who graduated from Northwestern University, is in her second year in the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She's pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery. &quot;I like that it's complicated,&quot; she said. &quot;It's rewarding to meet patients and help them.&quot; Rove is a national leader in robotic mitral valve repair. Photo by Sonya Doctorian, UCHealth.\" width=\"630\" height=\"465\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyndall Hadley listens to Dr. Jessica Yu Rove&#8217;s response as they discuss patients&#8217; vital signs before going on daily rounds in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care unit. Hadley, a Denver native who graduated from Northwestern University, is in her second year in the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She&#8217;s pursuing a career in cardiothoracic surgery. &#8220;I like that it&#8217;s complicated,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s rewarding to meet patients and help them.&#8221; Rove is a national leader in robotic mitral valve repair. Photo by Sonya Doctorian, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the two students and two doctors who started the medical department at the University of Colorado in 1883 could see the place now, they might look back on 142 years of history with a sense of wonder.<div class=\"su-callout-box col-xs-12 col-sm-6 right\" style=\"background-color:#dce4e7; color:#2e3b44;\">\n<h2><strong>The University of Colorado School of Medicine has hundreds of research studies underway. They include the following:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bone biology:\u00a0Research on the genetics of osteoporosis and scoliosis, arthritis, and joint biology<\/li>\n<li>Skeletal healing:\u00a0Research on healing from the spine to the limbs<\/li>\n<li>Stem cell biology:\u00a0Research on stem cell biology and tissue engineering<\/li>\n<li>Pain management:\u00a0Research on orthopedic pain management<\/li>\n<li>uman cell cloning:\u00a0Research on using human cell cloning to study genetics and cancer<\/li>\n<li>Pancreatic cancer:\u00a0Research on bitter melon juice as a way to restrict pancreatic cancer cells from metabolizing glucose<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--color__text_main);font-family: var(--font__400)\">Multiple sclerosis: Research on multiple sclerosis<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Schizophrenia:\u00a0Research on dietary supplements of choline during pregnancy as a way to lower physiological risk factors of schizophrenia in infants<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning in medicine<\/li>\n<li>CAR-T cell innovations<\/li>\n<li>Whole eye transplantation<\/li>\n<li>Climate medicine<\/li>\n<li>Shingles vaccine<\/li>\n<li>Liver transplant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of these years later, the <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/medschool.cuanschutz.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/a> has become an enduring force for good. The <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cuanschutz.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CU Anschutz Medical Campus<\/a>, which is home to the School of Medicine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-university-of-colorado-hospital-uch\/\">UCHealth\u2019s University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> and <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado<\/a>, is a pipeline for new doctors and medical professionals, a research powerhouse and an economic engine that drives $19.3 billion in economic impact and provides thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In the last decade, medical discoveries made by researchers have spawned 44 new companies, 1,220 inventions and 1,883 patents.<\/p>\n<p>Though close partners, UCHealth and Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado are legally separate organizations from the University of Colorado and its School of Medicine. Last year, as a key supporter of the school, UCHealth provided $365 million to the University of Colorado School of Medicine, about 10 times more than the State of Colorado provided to the public school, a contribution that benefits Coloradans now and for generations to come. The vital funding helps mold future doctors and improves the lives and health of all Coloradans. The medical school support is part of $1.3 billion provided by UCHealth to benefit communities across Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exceptional work by the CU School of Medicine benefits Coloradans in multiple ways by educating future doctors and medical providers and relentlessly pursuing discovery of new treatments, devices and medicines,\u2019\u2019 said Elizabeth B. Concordia, president and CEO of UCHealth. \u201cUCHealth is committed to this contribution because it benefits Coloradans now and for generations to come.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Last year, 42% of doctors who graduated from the school stayed in Colorado to practice medicine; another 55% serve communities across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe benefit of having well-trained providers who truly care for people across the state has an enduring contribution for generations to come,\u2019\u2019 said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/jean-kutner-md-mphmsph\/\">Dr. Jean Kutner,<\/a> chief medical officer for UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, chief academic officer for UCHealth, and <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/som.cuanschutz.edu\/Profiles\/Faculty\/Profile\/17879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professor of medicine<\/a> and associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49418\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49418\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/30102847\/EXT_100818_Jean-Kutner.webp\" alt=\"Dr. Jean Kutner\" width=\"588\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/30102847\/EXT_100818_Jean-Kutner.webp 588w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/30102847\/EXT_100818_Jean-Kutner-300x177.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/30102847\/EXT_100818_Jean-Kutner-150x88.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/10\/30102847\/EXT_100818_Jean-Kutner-200x118.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jean Kutner. Photo by Glenn Asakawa, University of Colorado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Colorado, those students learn from doctors in Denver, Aurora, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Woodland Park, Pueblo and Canon City, with the idea that if they train in those communities, they\u2019ll establish practices there. The school also offers a rural track for students interested in practicing in rural Colorado communities.<\/p>\n<p>As the only academic medical center for miles around, the school serves as an energetic hub for discovering new treatments for illness, including a number of \u201cfirsts\u2019\u2019 \u2013 the first human open-heart surgery, the first liver transplant and the first to develop an ultrasonic scanner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside from education, an academic medical center spurs innovation and industry. There are medical discoveries that are translated into new treatments that then become broadly available to help people,\u2019\u2019 Kutner said.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the CU School of Medicine recently <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/news.cuanschutz.edu\/news-stories\/cu-anschutz-receives-2-million-from-the-c%C3%A9line-dion-foundation-to-advance-autoimmune-neurologic-disorders-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received $2 million from the Celine Dion Foundation<\/a> to advance discovery in autoimmune neurologic diseases such as Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare disease Dion has been treated for by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/amanda-piquet-md\/\">Dr. Amanda Piquet<\/a>, <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/som.cuanschutz.edu\/Profiles\/Faculty\/Profile\/25732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">associate professor of neurology<\/a> and the inaugural endowed chair.<\/p>\n<p>Already, there has been new understanding about Stiff Person Syndrome. What was once thought to be a disease that affected one to two of every one million people, has been shown in an epidemiology study at UCHealth to affect one to two of every 100,000 people. And the university is leading a CAR-T cell study targeting specific cells in the immune system that are thought to be a driver or a significant part of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, researchers at the university and UCHealth have been at the forefront of significant breakthroughs in cancer research, and have led the way in the development of medical devices and technologies to improve patient care.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>UCHealth\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/innovation\/\">CARE Innovation Center<\/a> collaborates with and invests in companies creating digital technologies to enhance health care decision-making and delivery. Discoveries include:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/remote-patient-monitoring-sticker-gets-vitals-from-home\/\">BioSticker<\/a>, an on-body device about three inches in length and an inch wide, that is placed on a patient\u2019s chest and continuously monitors vital signs and symptomatic events. These measurements can include respiratory rate, resting heart rate, skin temperature, gait, body position and more. Through a strategic partnership with BioIntelliSense, UCHealth and its\u00a0CARE Innovation Center, the biosticker sends data to UCHealth\u2019s Virtual Health Center. Artificial intelligence-driven algorithms will alert the medical teams in the Virtual Health Center should they need to intervene. The device is expected to reduce health care costs, help improve patients\u2019 outcomes and reduce readmissions.<\/li>\n<li>Arrive Health\u2019s comparison-shopping tool for prescription pricing has been saving UCHealth patients money on prescription costs for years. Now its system is speeding the prior-authorization process for drugs that require insurer approval, saving time and hassle for patients and providers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/arrive-health-takes-the-pain-and-time-out-of-prescription-prior-authorizations\/\">prior-authorization system<\/a> is working smoothly at three UCHealth clinics with the goal of rolling it out systemwide by the end of 2025, says Surabhi Palkimas, PharmD, UCHealth\u2019s pharmacy operation manager and a professor at the\u00a0<a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.cuanschutz.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>UCHealth is working with the Denver-based health-technology firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eonhealth.com\/\">Eon<\/a>to try to solve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/catching-lung-cancer-earlier-through-ai-powered-systems\/\">the puzzle of incidental findings<\/a>. With help and investment from UCHealth, they\u2019ve built a system that integrates into UCHealth\u2019s Epic electronic health record (EHR), the engine behind the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/access-my-health-connection\/\">My Health Connection<\/a>\u00a0patient portal and much more. The system, Eon Patient Management, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to parse the standardized language of radiologists for incidental findings, categorize them based on risk, and then make sure they don\u2019t get lost in medical records.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having medical students train in hospitals and clinics across Colorado benefits patients, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/jaime-l-baker-md-internal-medicine\/\">Dr. Jaime Baker<\/a>, a hospitalist at UCHealth Memorial Hospital and assistant dean for the Colorado Springs Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship program.<\/p>\n<p>CU has about 200 medical students per class. Students complete their first year mainly in the classroom at Anschutz or Fort Collins and then head out into the clinic space throughout Colorado during their second year (LIC year) before returning to the medical campus for their final two years of medical school.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Colorado has benefited from having 25-30 CU medical students per year in local hospitals and clinics, including those placed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-memorial-hospital-central\/\">UCHealth Memorial Hospital<\/a>, multiple other private or community practices and many military health care facilities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81488\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81488\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/21093019\/dr.-jaime-baker.webp\" alt=\"Dr. Jaime Baker\" width=\"250\" height=\"322\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jaime Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the assignments for students in Colorado Springs is to create a list of community resources \u2014 anything from women\u2019s care to free dental exams or transportation for older adults \u2014 that enhance care for patients in Southern Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we assign tasks like this to students, they learn about local resources for patients and then naturally incorporate those services into their practice. They start to learn and invest in the community, which increases the chances those students will return to Southern Colorado to practice,\u2019\u2019 Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>While teaching is generally thought of as a skill only offered in academic medical centers, CU sees the value of training future physicians in community-based health centers. Both physicians who teach and patients benefit from students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudies show that a physician rounding with a learner can increase patient satisfaction because the physician improves bedside rapport,\u2019\u2019 Baker said. \u201cThe physician is seen as knowledgeable because they are teaching right in front of the patient. The patient is thus at the center of that interaction and really feels like part of the team and decisions leading to their care plan,\u2019\u2019 Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>To date, seven physicians who trained in Colorado Springs during their second year of medical school now practice in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81489\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81489\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/21093155\/UCHealth-6-CTICU-Rounds-Dr-Rovesized.webp\" alt=\"On the day's rounds in the University of Colorado Hospital's Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Jessica Yu Rove (center) explains a patient's heart surgery to an ICU nurse (right) and medical student, Kyndall Hadley, (left). Rove, a CU School of Medicine associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery, says it's a privilege to work with medical students. &quot;It's inspiring to help the next generation of physicians be better than us and take patient care to the next level.&quot;Photo by Sonya Doctorian, UCHealth.\" width=\"630\" height=\"454\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the day&#8217;s rounds in the University of Colorado Hospital&#8217;s Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Jessica Yu Rove (center) explains a patient&#8217;s heart surgery to an ICU nurse (right) and medical student, Kyndall Hadley, (left). Rove, a CU School of Medicine associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery, says it&#8217;s a privilege to work with medical students. &#8220;It&#8217;s inspiring to help the next generation of physicians be better than us and take patient care to the next level.&#8221; Photo by Sonya Doctorian, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA lot of specialties require many more years in training than we have been in existence in Colorado Springs. We, for example, haven\u2019t even hit the point where we could bring a neurosurgeon back the community, but we will soon,\u2019\u2019 Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>Having an academic medical center in Colorado to grow well-educated doctors and other health care professionals, conduct medical research and contribute mightily to the state\u2019s economy makes for improved quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>Academic medical centers, as Dr. Kutner knows, are a hub for positive energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most fulfilling things ever \u2014 from multiple perspectives,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cAside from educating, it brings innovation and industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of our commitments is to provide opportunities for people to participate in research, hopefully close to where they live. It gives people the opportunity to advance science and potentially receive early access to treatments that are only available through research studies.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81694\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-81694\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/03\/01104648\/UCHealth-3-ACE-roundseee.webp\" alt=\"Third year resident Dr. Thomas Mee draws diagrams on the window to explain the range of possibilities that might explain a patient's condition. Attending physician Dr. Katie Raffel and second year CU medical student Juan Vargas listen.Photo by Sonya Doctorian \/ UCHealth.\n\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third year resident Dr. Thomas Mee draws diagrams on the window to explain the range of possibilities that might explain a patient&#8217;s condition. Attending physician Dr. Katie Raffel and second year CU medical student Juan Vargas listen. Photo by Sonya Doctorian \/ UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen students come to an academic environment like UCHealth, it\u2019s a healing environment. What makes us unique at UCHealth as we are an organization focused on learning, healing and discovery. We\u2019re always learning, always discovering and integrating that with the healing that we do,\u2019\u2019 Kutner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the two students and two doctors who started the medical department at the University of Colorado in 1883 could see the place now, they might look back on 142 years of history with a sense of wonder. 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