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

  • 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

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
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Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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