Rita Lee, MD

Recognitions

• 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

Publications

• Khanijow K, Rosendale N, Wright S, Lee RS, Nass S, Keniston A, Dalal M, Jager LR, Anstett T. Characterizing hospitalists' comfort and familiarity with LGBTQ clinical topics. Hosp Pract (1995). 2024 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39387238
• Roy M, Lee RS, Furfari K. Centering equity in a longitudinal health systems science curricula. Med Teach. 2024 Aug;46(8):1014-1017. PubMed PMID: 38350437
• 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. 2024 Feb;39(2):323-330. 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. 2024 Feb;30(2):430-437. PubMed PMID: 37499094
• 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
• Closing the Gap: The Turning Point for LGBT Health. One Colorado
• 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
• Gilroy, Christine, Rita S. Lee, and Mark Earnest . "Advocacy." Springer International Publishing, 15 Dec. 2016. Web. 24 Jan. 2017. < http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_11-1>.
• Lee, R., Potter, J. (2014) LGBT Health in Medical Education. SGIM Forum 37(10): 4, 14.
• Nguyen, M., McNamara, M., Lee, R. (2014) Transgender Care 101: A "Primer" for the Primary Care Physician. SGIM Forum 37(10): 7, 14
• Lee, R., Olson, D. (2014) The LGBT Health Interest Group. SGIM Forum 37(10): 10, 12.
• Lee R, Loeb D, Butterfield A. Sexual History Taking Curriculum: Lecture and Standardized Patient Cases. MedEdPORTAL; 2014. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9856
• Long J, Lee RS, Gilroy C. A Curricular Toolkit for Teaching Advocacy Skills: Engaging Learners in the Quest for Health Equity Inside and Beyond the Examination Room. Workshop at Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2013
• Lee RS, Long J, Wong SL, Federico S, Battaglia C, Kennedy KI, Earnest MA. Interprofessional education in leadership and advocacy. Medical Teach. Feb 2012;34(2):179-180.
• Workshop at National SGIM on Sexual History Taking: First steps in addressing LGBT Health Disparities
• Lee RS, Long J, Wong SL, Federico S, Battaglia C, Kennedy KI, Earnest MA. Interprofessional education in leadership and advocacy. Medical Teach. Feb 2012;34(2):179-180.
• Loeb DF, Lee RS, Binswanger IA, Ellison MC, Aagaard EM. Patient, resident physician, and visit factors associated with documentation of sexual history in the outpatient setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Aug;26(8):887-93.
• Long J, Lee RS, Federico S, Wong SL, Battaglia C, Earnest MA. Developing Leadership and Advocacy Skills in Medical Students through Service Learning. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 Jul-Aug;17(4):369-72.
• Will present workshop at National SGIM. Media Advocacy: Getting your Message Across
• Presented workshop at 2010 National SGIM meeting. "Walking Softly and Carrying a Big Pen: A Writing Workshop on Humility in Medicine"
• Loeb DF, Aagaard EM, Cali SR, Lee RS. Modest impact of a brief curricular intervention on poor documentation of sexual history in university-based resident internal medicine clinics. Poster presented at 2010 National SGIM meeting.
• Loeb DF, Aagaard EM, Cali SR, Lee RS. Modest impact of a brief curricular intervention on poor documentation of sexual history in university-based resident internal medicine clinics. J Sex Med. 2010 Oct;7(10):3315-21
• Loeb DF, Cali S, Aagaard E, Lee RS. Brief Curriculum Improves Internal Medicine Resident Performance of Sexual History-Taking. Poster presented at University of Colorado Department of Medicine Research day, November 2008.
• Barry DW, Melhado TV, Chacko KM, Lee R, Steiner JS, Kutner JS. Patient and Physician Perceptions of Timely Access to Care. J Gen Intern Med 2006. 21: 130-133.

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2003)

• Primary Care
• Transgender Health for Adults