Rita Lee, MD
Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine (1999)
Undergraduate School:
  • BA, Johns Hopkins University (MD) (1994)
Internship:
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program (2000)
Residency:
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2002)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Internal Medicine

Recognition & Awards

  • Kaiser Permanente Pre-Clinical Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2018)
    Award for outstanding pre-clinical teaching
  • University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff Award for Excellence in Clinical Innovation, University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff (2018)
    Awarded to UCHealth Integrated Transgender Program for excellence in clinical innovation

Teaching

  • Associate Director Mentored Scholarly Activity (2010)
    School of Medicine, Medicine
    Community and Public Health
  • LEADS Faculty (2005)
    School of Medicine, Medicine
    Leadership and Advocacy
  • Co-Director, Culture, Health, Equity, and Society Thread (2017)
    School of Medicine, Medicine
    Health Systems, Culturally effective medicine, Health care finance, health policy, determinants of health, health equity

Publications

  • Fitzgerald B, Terndrup C, Streed CG Jr, Lee RS, Patel VV, Nall R. The Society of General Internal Medicine's Recommendations to Improve LGBTQ? ?Health. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37803097
  • Hoffner-Heinike A, Iwamoto SJ, Saxon DR, Cogdall NA, Davies RD, Lee RS, Chiappone A, Thomas JF, Rothman MS. ECHO "Bootcamp": An Innovative Training Model to Onboard Providers in the Care of Gender Diverse Patients. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Jul 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37499094
  • Morse B, Soares A, Kwan BM, Allen M, Lee RS, Desanto K, Holliman BD, Ytell K, Schilling LM. A Transgender Health Information Resource: Participatory Design Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2023 Jun 15;10:e42382. PubMed PMID: 37318836
  • Morse B, Allen M, Schilling LM, Soares A, DeSanto K, Holliman BD, Lee RS, Kwan BM. Community Engagement in Research and Design of a Transgender Health Information Resource. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Mar;14(2):263-272. PubMed PMID: 37019175
  • Morse B, Soares A, Ytell K, DeSanto K, Allen M, Holliman BD, Lee RS, Kwan BM, Schilling LM. Co-design of the Transgender Health Information Resource: Web-Based Participatory Design. J Particip Med. 2023 Jan 10;15:e38078. PubMed PMID: 36626222
  • Ward-Gaines J, Coyle T, Miller SK, Basha E, Jensen D, Lee R, Roosevelt G, Pierce C, Rustici M, Neumeier A. Creation and evaluation of a health equity certificate program for standardized patients. Acad Med. Nov 2023;98(11s):s190-s191.
  • Neves da Silva HV, Heery LM, Cohen WR, Mahalingam VS, Adebiyi OA, Lee RS, Netsanet AN, Ogundipe EA, Dakhama Y, Wang ML, Vrolijk MA, Garcia MW, Ward-Gaines J, Neumeier AT. What Happened and Why: Responding to Racism, Discrimination, and Microaggressions in the Clinical Learning Environment. MedEdPORTAL. 2022;18:11280. PubMed PMID: 36381136
  • Accepted by MedEdPORTAL 9/2020
  • Christian R, Mellies AA, Bui AG, Lee R, Kattari L, Gray C. Measuring the Health of an Invisible Population: Lessons from the Colorado Transgender Health Survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Oct;33(10):1654-1660. PubMed PMID: 29761263
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Practice Locations

UCHealth Internal Medicine - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
5th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2300

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2003)
Conditions & Treatments
  • Primary Care
  • Transgender Health
Clinical Interests
Transgender Health

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine (1999)
Undergraduate Schools:
  • BA, Johns Hopkins University (MD) (1994)
Internships:
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program (2000)
Residency Programs:
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (2002)
Languages: English
Department: Medicine-Internal Medicine
Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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