Echocardiogram
What is an echocardiogram?
An echocardiogram (echo) is a standard non-invasive test that outlines the heart’s movement. During an exam, a hand-held transducer is placed on your chest to ultrasound (high-frequency sounds waves) the valves, chambers and structure of the heart, as well as helps the sonographer evaluate the pumping action of the heart. The transducer…
Denver Health plays a central role in helping patients transition from hospital to home, so you can eventually return to normal life. Facilitated by a team of experts including Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Exercise Physiologists and Cardiologists , we play a hands-on role in working with you every step of the way to ensure that each part of your recovery is closely monitored for…
A stent is a small tube made from woven wires that is permanently placed in an artery (a blood vessel that transports blood from your heart to other body parts) to help keep it open. Simple stents are made from bare metal while newer generation stents also contain a drug coating that helps them stay open more permanently.
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The Center for Occupational Safety and Health provides Commercial Driver's License (DOT and non-DOT) physical exams to companies and their employees. All providers are certified through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration National Registry.
The Center for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) provides occupational health services for the aviation industry including Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) medical exams. Lori Szczukowski, MD, our aviation medical examiner, has more than twenty-five years of experience in Internal Medicine and has done FAA medical exams since
The Center for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) provides patients with access to specialty services at one convenient location.
In accordance with the Colorado Workers' Compensation Act, your employer must provide up to four medical providers for you to choose as your health care provider for your work-related injury or illness. If an employer is a health care provider that has its own occupational health care clinic, it is not required to provide an alternate provider from outside its own system.
Denver Community Addiction Rehabilitation and Evaluation Services (CARES) provides short-term and residential treatment for individuals with substance use disorders. Denver CARES has provided a safe and humane withdrawal management for individuals suffering from substance use disorders in the City and County of Denver for nearly five decades.
HCP is a community care-coordination program for children and youth with special health care needs.
Healthy Communities Program Update
Effective July 1, 2020, Denver Health will no longer provide the Healthy Communities Program for Health First Colorado (Medicaid) and Colorado Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+).
With your very own free Nurse-Family Partnership personal nurse, you will get the support, advice and information you need during your pregnancy and when your baby arrives.
Recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Connections for
Denver Health’s priority is keeping our community healthy.
The Human Rights Clinic (HRC) is an asylum clinic at Denver Health that provides low cost medical and mental health forensic evaluations and directly collaborates with attorneys representing individuals applying for asylum and other legal statuses in Colorado.
The Human Rights Clinic (HRC) is an asylum clinic at Denver Health that provides low cost medical and mental health forensic evaluations and directly collaborates with attorneys representing individuals applying for asylum and other legal statuses in Colorado.
Denver Health offers personalized, one-on-one tobacco cessation visits.
Denver Health ofrece consultas para dejar el tabaco personalizadas e individuales.
About Women, Infants and ChildrenWIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. We promote the growth of strong families and healthy lifestyles through breastfeeding support, nutrition education, food assistance, and referrals. We empower Women, Infants, and Children with compassionate care.
PEHSU Fact Sheets & Other Resources
Parents, there are many things in your kids environment that can pose a health problem. Look over these topics and click on their headlines to visit individual pages to see what you can do to safeguard your child's health.
The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) are dedicated to increasing knowledge about reproductive and children's environmental health among health care professionals. Many of the environmental risks that lead to poor health outcomes can be mitigated with proper health care provider education and preparation.
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Below is a collection of information sheets and articles on topics to help parents, teachers, and healthcare providers better understand the impacts of certain environmental health issues on children.
All medical information and content included on this website has been compiled by Denver Health and Hospital Authority’s Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety (RMPDS). Although the RMPDS attempts to keep this information up to date and as accurate as possible, the RMPDS in no way warrants or guarantees the completeness of accuracy of the medical information of content contained on this website.
Learn more about asthma and what can trigger it below.
Learn more about health risks with heavy metals below.
Learn about potential indoor health issues below.
Learn about potential outdoor health issues below.
Learn more about water health issues below.
Denver Health’s Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine team provides multidisciplinary care with a focus on diagnosis and treatment of both complex and common respiratory problems as well as management of critically ill, hospitalized patients. Care is provided in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
Our services and procedures include some of the most prevalent respiratory issues, including:
The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is a 24-bed unit. We provide care to very sick patients. The unit is staffed by a team of doctors, nurses, therapists, chaplains and social workers. Our goal is to give excellent care to all our patients and their loved ones.
MICU Mission
Welcoming a new baby is one of life’s most precious moments. Sometimes newborns arrive early or have special medical needs. When this happens, babies are transferred to Denver Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), adjacent to Labor and Delivery. The NICU is designed for newborns in need of intensive medical care following birth.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is located adjacent to the pediatric hospital unit. Each room is private with a flat screen television and is equipped with all of the state-of-the-art equipment needed to help children recover from serious illnesses and injuries.
The Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for patients from the Denver metropolitan area and serves as a referral resource for patients from throughout the State of Colorado and neighboring regions. The Pulmonary and Critical Care Division is an affiliate of the nationally recognized Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care with the…
The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Denver Health is a highly specialized intensive care unit at Denver Health where the hospital's most critically ill patients recover from trauma accidents and emergency surgery.
The SICU is staffed by specially trained trauma nurses and trauma physicians who care for patients 24 hours a day.
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This video shows parents what to expect in the Denver Health Level 3 NICU (see Spanish video below).
No parent expects to have their c
Denver Health Pulmonary and Critical Care is led by nationally and internationally recognized physician Dr. Ivor Douglas. This team includes physicians who have trained at worked at major institutions throughout the country and in Colorado. The team is active in research both at the bedside and in the lab.
Active Research Activities
Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network Clinical Center http://petalnet.org/ for current clinical research projects
Petal-ROSE
Petal-Primrose
Petal-CLOVERS
Petal-VIOLET
Cheetah FRESH
ProFOCCI
Pulmonary Services
Videobronchoscopy
Bronchoalveolar lavage
Transbronchial biopsy
Transbronchial needle aspiration
Laryngoscopy
Thoracentesis
Cope needle pleural biopsy
Chemical pleurodesis
Comprehensive pulmonary function testing
Pulmonary Function Lab Services
Diagnostic tests are used to assess the mechanics of lung function and efficiency.
Each of our locations is staffed by general dentists and a team of other professionals who provide care for all ages. Complex cases are seen out of Denver Health locations where specialists and surgeons are on staff to treat patients.
Denver Health’s Pediatric Dental Services offer kid-friendly dental care for children. Our dedicated team focuses on the most prominent areas of pediatric dental care in order to keep teeth healthy. And because children are only beginning to learn about their oral health, we ensure that their basic education about teeth is part of the overall process. Our fun, gentle and caring approach…
We provide a range of preventive dental health services to keep your smile looking healthy and bright. By incorporating preventative dentistry into your overall approach to good health, we can help you maintain better oral health.
Program Length and Number of PositionsThis is a 24-month program commencing on or about July 1 of each year. Four new positions will be offered each year.ApplicationThe PASS Application is used. Applications must be received by the Program Director by September 15 to be considered for acceptance on July 1 of the following year. Four residents are selected each year through the MATCH Program.
Internship Length and Number of PositionsThis is a 12-month program commencing on or about July 1 of each year. Up to three new positions will be offered each year.
Program FacultyFull Time:
Denver Health has multiple urgent care centers throughout Denver that provide essential services for those in need. We treat non-emergent illnesses and injuries such as severe colds, flu, fevers, fractions or sprains, minor cuts and allergies that require medical attention when your regular doctor may not usually be available.
The emergency room at Denver Health is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and cares for over 55,000 patients per year. Our ER provides high quality emergency care to our community and the region. Our staff is highly trained in medical emergencies as well as providing nationally and internationally recognized care to trauma patients.
National EMS Week is held every May to honor the dedication, work and commitment of emergency medical service professionals.
Denver Health’s four intensive care units provide safe, expert care that respects the patient’s unique and changing needs. With advances in the science of critical illness to improve the care for our patients, our goal to provide top care to all our patients and their loved ones remains at the center of our mission.
Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) is a 24/7 service that provides emergent and individualized evaluation, crisis stabilization and treatment for patients presenting with psychiatric and/or substance-related emergencies.
Denver Health created the Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties and Epidemics (RMCMR) to address the need for planning and preparation for all health care providers that serve large urban centers, establishing a more effective medical response for all potential emergencies.
Denver Health helps survivors of sexual assault gain back control by offering medical examination and treatment, counseling, and legal assistance following an assault. Through our Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) unit, medical forensic exams are performed by registered nurse examiners 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Are you or someone you know in an abusive relationship?
What is domestic violence?
A pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse can include physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person.
Adult Urgent Care Center Location:
Learn more about Adult Virtual Urgent Care at Denver Health by watching this short video.See an Adult Urgent Care provider at a time and place that is convenient for you with Denver Health's Adult Virtual U
Minimal Wait Times | No Appointment Needed | Walk-In Monday – Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Please note that the Downtown Urgent Care Center will open at 8 a.m. on the last Wednesday of each month.
Denver Health’s Pediatric Emergency Department and Urgent Care is here for you and your child when the unexpected happens.
Watch to see how the Winter Park Medical Center can help if you get sick or hurt or just need to see a primary care doctor.Emergency Care, Urgent Care, Sports Medicine and Primary CareThe Denver Health Winter
Establish Care in Winter ParkThe Denver Health Winter Park Medical Center is welcoming new patients in Winter Park, the Fraser Valley and beyond. Experience compassionate care and convenient access to health care services in the heart of the Rockies.
Our providers deliver cutting-edge patient care, using the newest technology and techniques. They are all appointed faculty of the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine and continue to be leaders in the medical community through their distinguished medical research and training of tomorrow’s physicians. They serve a diverse population of patients and strive to deliver safe, effective and…
Take Control of Your Future with a Safe & Simple VasectomyDenver Health physicians specialize in providing safe, reliable, and virtually painless vasectomy procedures. Whether you’re sure about your family planning decision or want to learn more about your options, we’re here to guide you through every step of the process.
Estamos muy contentos que estas aqui! Jovenes y adolescentes pueden accesar servicios confidenciales y servicios gratuitos de salud sexual en nuestras clinicas de Denver Health en la area de Denver.
Todos los servicios son GRATUITOS! Tenga seguro medico o no!
Acerca de la planificación familiar en Denver Health
Nuestros servicios apoyan todas las etapas de la planificación familiar. Ya sea que esté planeando un embarazo, buscando un método anticonceptivo o el tamaño de su familia está completo, estamos aquí para apoyar su salud y bienestar a largo plazo. Denver Health brinda servici
About Family Planning at Denver Health
Our services support all stages of Family Planning. Whether you’re planning a pregnancy, looking for birth control or your family size is complete, we are here to support your long-term health and well-being. Denver Health provides low-cost services at all its Family Health Centers and at the Women's Care Clinic on the main campus.
Why should I get screened for colon cancer?
Colon cancer, also called colorectal cancer, is a growth of abnormal cells in a person’s colon. Colon cancer screening detects any abnormal growths, called polyps, in the colon. If these growths are found early, they can often be treated before they become cancerous.
Denver Health’s Division of Digestive and Liver Health provides the highest quality care in gastroenterology, hepatology, and advanced endoscopic procedures to all patients regardless of ability to pay and trains the next generation of providers in these specialties.
We believe that the best patient is an educated patient. Don’t wait for bad news to come when you least expect it. At Denver Health, we want our patients to become advocates for better health.
How do I schedule a Clinic appointment?
Call the appointment center at 303-436-4949.
Jessica Kahler, LPN
Hereditary Cancer Program Coordinator
Dr. Robin Yasui is the medical director of Denver Health’s geriatric services. Both Dr. Yasui and her partner, Dr. Elizabeth Clarke, see patients in primary care as well as in consultation. Both hold faculty appointments at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and have been recognized as outstanding clinicians and educators.
Nina Cruchon MSW, LCSW
Sonia Torres, LCSW, LAC, IMH-E®Clinical Social Worker, Head Start Program Manager, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Denver Health's Hematology-Oncology (Cancer Care) department is made up of a robust multidisciplinary team led by medical oncologist Sonia Okuyama, MD and nurse manager Brandon McCarthy, RN, MSN.
Denver Health offers oncology nurse navigation (ONN) services to our new oncology patients. The oncology nurse navigator program started in January of 2023, and is based on the Oncology Nurse Navigation Competencies and Professional Practice Framework (Christensen & Cantril, 2018) developed by the Oncology Nursing Society. The focus of the ONN role is to ensure smooth coordination of oncology…
Our team of medical oncologists have provided expert input in our community, including:
Gray Jodon, MD, interviewed by Denver7 and Colorado Public Radio's "Real Talk" about Breast Cancer Awareness Month (with Nancy Taft, MD, chief of breast surgery), October 2023.
Our oncologists, nurses and technologists provide a wealth of experience and knowledge to help guide you through you or your loved one's experience with breast cancer.
Whatever digestive or liver concerns you might have, the professionals in Denver Health’s Division of Digestive and Liver Health (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) are ready to provide level one care for you. We’re well equipped with state-of-the-art approaches for anyone seeking screening colonoscopy, diagnosis, treatment or management of digestive or liver disease.
Denver Health’s Digestive and Liver Health Team (Gastroenterology and Hepatology) runs under the direction of nationally recognized physician Dr. Joel Levine. Our gastroenterologists and hepatologists have trained at major institutions across the country and here in Colorado.
Denver Health’s LGBTQ+ Health Services offers open and affirming health care to LGBTQ+ communities. We have trained medical providers at our 10 community health centers and on Denver Health’s main campus who can provide the medical assistance you need, including patient navigation, assistance in updating gender identification on your credentials, behavioral health and general primary care.…
Thank you for your interest in gender affirming surgery at Denver Health. There is no one-size-fits-all approach for the gender affirmation process and we are here to support you in your journey. We are proud to offer surgeries with a truly talented multi-disciplinary team of surgeons. Our services are growing as the unique needs of each individual evolve.
Denver Health is proud to offer voice therapy for transgender and gender nonconforming patients from a team of qualified, experienced speech therapists. Transgender voice therapy, also known as speech therapy or voice training, is part of Denver Health's network of services built specifically for the LGBTQ Community.
LGBTQ+ Health Services has a transgender-specific integrated care behavioral health provider available for short-term or long-term therapy, as well as interviews for gender-affirming surgery letters of support.
This provider is available to any of Denver Health’s transgender/gender noncomforming patients, offering affirming services to address all manner of mental health difficulties or…
Research at Denver Health LGBTQ+ Health Services
LGBTQ+ Health Services is committed to improving the quality of care LGBTQ+ patients receive at Denver Health. In addition to direct patient care, one important way of meeting that goal involves increasing knowledge and understanding about LGBTQ+ health care.
Community LGBTQ+ Care Training
Denver Health’s LGBTQ+ Health Services is committed to a decentralized model of care for LGBTQ+ people across Colorado – meaning that any LGBTQ+ person should be met with open, excellent and affirming care. As such, we are committed to providing ongoing, affordable and high-quality LGBTQ+ affirming care trainings to our community partners. In order to do so,…
Denver Health’s LGBTQ+ Health Services offers open and affirming health care to LGBTQ+ patients of all ages, family structures, and communities.
