About
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 distinguished visiting professors, leaders, and authorities to speak and consult with national audiences on various topics of high importance and relevance to primary care and healthcare as a whole.
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June 2024
Characteristics of Success and Failure Under Value-Based Alternative Payment
Tony Rodgers, MSPH, is an experienced healthcare executive who has held executive positions in both the public and private sectors. His executive leadership experience included positions with CMS, state Medicaid, health plans, and hospital systems. He is currently Chief Executive Officer, VBCare Network LLC, a start-up healthcare provider-led network serving Arizona. He previously held the position of Principal with Health Management Associates (HMA), where he worked with federal, state, and local government clients, public and private health plans, and safety net providers. Mr. Rodgers has a Master of Science Public Health degree and a BA degree in Economics and Political Science from UCLA. He has held visiting professor appointments at Arizona State University, the W.P Carey School of Business, and at UCLA School of Public Health.
April 2024
Improving Your Communication Will Improve Your Practice, Your Research, Your Teaching, and (sometimes even) Your Life
Susan H. McDaniel, Ph.D., is the Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is the Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Director of the UR Medicine Physician Communication Coaching & Leadership Development Program, and Chief Psychologist and Director of the Institute for the Family in the Department of Psychiatry.
November 2023
Data, Algorithms, and Racial Health Equity
4th Annual CSTAHR Greg White Levitt Lecture featuring Elaine O. Nsoesie, PhD, MS
January 2023
Sick and Tired: Galvanizing Multi-Stakeholder Efforts to Address Structural Racism and Persistent Health Disparities
3rd Annual CSTAHR Greg White Levitt Lecture featuring Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH, FASN.
Dr. Purnell is an epidemiologist and health services researcher with over a decade of experience focused on promoting equity in kidney health, transplantation, and closely related cardiometabolic conditions. She is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Surgery at Johns Hopkins University.
September 2022
Family Medicine Is Positioned Best to Address Child Maltreatment, If Only It Would!
Richard D. Krugman, MD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect – and Jill Korbin, PhD, Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Senior Advisor, Schubert Center for Child Studies Case Western Reserve University co-presented.
November 2021
Gang Violence, Policing, and Community Health: A Case Study
Denver community activist Terrance Roberts and journalist and author of "The Holly", Julian Rubinstein teamed up for a gripping presentation for the 2nd annual CSTAHR Greg White Lecture.
October 2021
Where the Sidewalk Ends and the Promise of Primary Care Begins
This dual-presenter Levitt event features Drs. Rebecca Etz and Kurt Stange.
View and download the presentation slide deck.
April 2021
A Path Forward: Thriving in Rural Health Care after COVID-19
Benjamin D. Anderson, MBA, MHCDS - Vice President, Rural Health Hospitals, Colorado Hospital Association
Anderson explored true stories of the amazing resiliency of rural communities amidst the formidable challenges of a pandemic by tying community engagement to diversity and health equity.
December 2020
Colon Cancer and Black Race: Barriers & Opportunities
Dr. Folasade P. May - Director, Melvin and Bren Simon Gastroenterology Quality Improvement Program, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. May graced us with her expertise as our premiere presenter in our very first annual CSTAHR Greg White Lecture: A Feature of the Distinguished Levitt Speaker Series. Greg was a beloved and valued member of the CSTAHR team dedicated to erasing racism in health care. He was lost to colon cancer in 2018.
February 2020
Creating Urban Health Solutions: Promises & Perils
Dr. Stephen Hwang - Director, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Dr. Hwang's work to improve the health and well-being of people experiencing homelessness was first inspired by the resilience, dignity, and kindness of homeless men and women at a shelter where he volunteered as a university student.
January 2020
Guns, Opioids, and Obesity: A Population Health Lens on Three Contemporary Epidemics
Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH - Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health; Professor of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
How population health principles can inform our understanding of three epidemics of our time and to better understand how we might mitigate the consequences of current syndemics.
April 2019
Standing Together: What family physicians can do to build a health care system that cares for all Americans
Dr. Michael Fine - Writer, community organizer, and family physician
March 2019
Professional Suicide: Medicine Heal Thyself
Bob Phillips - Executive Director, Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care
The Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care is an organization dedicated to creating space in which patients, health professional, payers, and policy makers can work to renegotiate the social contract - and working to define value across the health care spectrum, reaching beyond medicine to engage the broader health care community.