Kristin Furfari, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine

Professional Titles

• Associate Director for Preceptoship, Foundations of Doctoring Program
• Co-Director, CUSOM Mini Medical School
• SOM Liaison, Academic Leadership Council, Center for Bioethics and Humanities

Recognition & Awards

• Leadership in Education Administration Program, Academy of Medical Educators (2016)
• Presidents Teaching and Learning Collaborative, University of Colorado (2015)
• Teaching Scholars Program, Academy of Medical Educators (2012)
• Peak Performers Award in Hospital Medicine , Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium (2010)
  

Teaching

Publications

• Grentz L, Furfari K, Keifer R, Potter NL. Appetite-guided approach to pediatric enteral tube weaning in the home setting: A pilot study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022 Sep;46(7):1725-1730. PubMed PMID: 35526140
• Daniel N. Ricotta, Jeremy B. Richards, K. Meredith Atkins, Margaret M. Hayes, Katherine McOwen, Morgan I. Soffler, Carrie D. Tibbles, Alison J. Whelan, Richard M. Schwartzstein & (on behalf of Millennium Conference 2019 writing group) (2022) Self-Directed Learning in Medical Education: Training for a Lifetime of Discovery, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 34:5, 530-540, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2021.1938074
• Furfari K. Medical Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients: A Reflection on Colorado's Approach with Implications for Elsewhere. J Clin Ethics. 2022 Winter;33(4):297-302. PubMed PMID: 36548233
• Furfari K. Medical Decision Making for Unrepresented Patients: A Reflection on Colorado's Approach with Implications for Elsewhere. J Clin Ethics. 2022 Winter;33(4):297-302. PubMed PMID: 36548233
• Furfari, K. The Ethics Ambassador Program: A Grassroots Approach. J Clin Ethics;31(3):252-258. Fall 2020. PMID: 32960807.
• Leslie L, Cherry RF, Mulla A, Abbott J, Furfari K, Glover JJ, Harnke B, Wynia MK. Domains of quality for clinical ethics case consultation: a mixed-method systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016 Jun 7;5:95. PubMed PMID: 27267765
• Furfari K, Zehnder N, Abbott J. A Case of Attempted Suicide in Huntington's Disease: Ethical and Moral Considerations. J Clin Ethics. 2016 Spring;27(1):39-42. PubMed PMID: 27045303
• Guerrasio J, Furfari KA, Rosenthal LD, Nogar CL, Wray KW, Aagaard EM. Failure to fail: the institutional perspective. Med Teach. 2014 Sep;36(9):799-803. PubMed PMID: 24845780

Professional Memberships

• SGIM Ethics Committee, Member
• University of Colorado Hospital Ethics Committee, Member