Steven G. Federico, MD
Chief Government and Community Affairs Officer, Denver Health
Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dr. Federico is the Chief Government and Community Affairs Officer at Denver Health and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. His passion for improved and equitable healthcare is fueled by his ongoing experiences as a pediatrician and primary care physician at Denver Health where has worked since 2002. In his past role as the Director of General Pediatrics, he oversaw 3 community health centers and 19 school-based clinics that provide comprehensive physical and mental health to 70,000 children across Denver. He has presented and published in the areas of school-based health, child poverty, improving health coverage, physician advocacy and health policy.
His advocacy work has focused on eliminating the barriers to adequate health coverage and healthcare faced by children and families in Colorado. Amid the COVID pandemic he worked closely to advise Denver Public Schools on policies to mitigate risks of infection and efforts to maximize in person learning. He is a past President of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has served as a board member to Girls Inc of Metro Denver, Clayton Early Learning Center, Colorado Association of School Based Health Centers, the Colorado Children’s Campaign, and is currently on the boards of the Bell Policy Center, Caring for Colorado, and the Denver Health Foundation. He has been appointed to various child health task force groups by Governors and Lt. Governors of Colorado and previously served on the Mayor’s Children’s Cabinet for the city and county of Denver.
He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Arizona. He completed his training in Pediatrics and a Primary Care Research Fellowship at the University of Colorado and a Physician Advocacy Fellowship through the Institute for Medicine as a Profession.