Beth Gillespie, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine
Medical School
- MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine (2006)
Graduate School
- MPH, Colorado School of Public Health (2023)
Undergraduate School
- BS, University of Chicago (IL) (1998)
Residency
- University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Internal Medicine (2009)
Languages
EnglishDepartment
Medicine-Hospital MedicineProfessional Titles
- Academic Hospitalist
- Director, Undergraduate Medical Education for the CUSOM Climate and Health Program
Publications
- Gillespie E, Steiner A, Durfee J, Scott K, Stein A, Davidson AJ. Novel Method for Measuring Ambient Heat Exposure-Acute Healthcare Utilization Associations Within a Safety Net: A Retrospective, Longitudinal Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Dec 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39663343
- Ghosh AK, Azan A, Basu G, Bernstein J, Gillespie E, Gordon LB, Krishnamurthy S, LeFrancois D, Marcus EN, Tejani M, Townley T, Rimler E, Whelan H. Building Climate Change into Medical Education: A Society of General Internal Medicine Position Statement. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Oct;39(13):2581-2589. PubMed PMID: 38424345
- Arifkhanova A, Prieto JT, Davidson AJ, Al-Tayyib A, Hawkins E, Kraus E, McEwen D, Podewils LJ, Foldy S, Gillespie E, Taub J, Shlay JC. Defining Opioid-related Problems Using a Health Care Safety Net Institution's Inpatient Electronic Health Records: Limitations of Diagnosis-based Definitions. J Addict Med. 2023 Jan-Feb 01;17(1):79-84. PubMed PMID: 35914026
- Mallen E, Roach M, Fox L, Gillespie E, Watkins L, Hondula DM, Vaidyanathan A, Manangan A, Perkins AN, Schramm PJ. Extreme Heat Exposure: Access and Barriers to Cooling Centers - Maricopa and Yuma Counties, Arizona, 2010-2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Jun 17;71(24):781-785. PubMed PMID: 35709011
- Gillespie E, Schramm PJ, Hsu J. US public health response to climate change for allergists-immunologists. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2022 Jun;128(6):626-628. PubMed PMID: 35139427
Professional Memberships
- American College of Physicians, Fellow
- Society of General Internal Medicine, Faculty
Practice Locations
Hospital Affiliation- Denver Health Medical Center
Clinical Interests
Environmental determinants of health
Environmental determinants of health
Personal Interests
I am a hospital-based internist at Denver Health Hospital, Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at University of Colorado, and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for CUSOM Climate and Health Program, where I oversee curricular integration of planetary health concepts. I direct the CUSOM selective in climate change and environmental health which was the only such elective offered to medical students in the U.S. when first introduced in 2019. My primary professional interest is in clinical research and education surrounding the climate and health nexus, with particular focus on understanding the ideal role for local health systems in climate change mitigation and adaptation. A leadership position (January 2017 - June 2020) representing the Society of General Internal Medicine on the Steering Committee for The Medical Consortium on Climate Change and Health galvanized an interest in climate change and planetary health, leading to completion of a Primary Care and Health Science Research Fellowship (2017-2019) through University of Colorado School of Medicine and subsequent Climate and Health Science Policy Fellowship (2020-2021) also through CUSOM. I am a founding member of SGIM’s environmental health interest group and contributed to SGIM’s Position Statement on Climate and Health (approved by Council 2021). From 2022-2024 I served as inaugural chair, then co-chair of sustainability for SGIM's Program Committee where I advocated for more environmentally sustainably practices and educational content at the national meeting. Locally, I co-chair the Environmental Sustainability at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, which signed the White House Health Sector Climate Pledge in 2023.
Volunteer Activities
Co-chair, Colorado branch of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Public Speaking
Yes
Climate change and health, air pollution
I am a hospital-based internist at Denver Health Hospital, Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at University of Colorado, and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for CUSOM Climate and Health Program, where I oversee curricular integration of planetary health concepts. I direct the CUSOM selective in climate change and environmental health which was the only such elective offered to medical students in the U.S. when first introduced in 2019. My primary professional interest is in clinical research and education surrounding the climate and health nexus, with particular focus on understanding the ideal role for local health systems in climate change mitigation and adaptation. A leadership position (January 2017 - June 2020) representing the Society of General Internal Medicine on the Steering Committee for The Medical Consortium on Climate Change and Health galvanized an interest in climate change and planetary health, leading to completion of a Primary Care and Health Science Research Fellowship (2017-2019) through University of Colorado School of Medicine and subsequent Climate and Health Science Policy Fellowship (2020-2021) also through CUSOM. I am a founding member of SGIM’s environmental health interest group and contributed to SGIM’s Position Statement on Climate and Health (approved by Council 2021). From 2022-2024 I served as inaugural chair, then co-chair of sustainability for SGIM's Program Committee where I advocated for more environmentally sustainably practices and educational content at the national meeting. Locally, I co-chair the Environmental Sustainability at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, which signed the White House Health Sector Climate Pledge in 2023.
Volunteer Activities
Co-chair, Colorado branch of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Public Speaking
Yes
Climate change and health, air pollution