Kristin Furfari, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (2004)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Creighton University (NE) (2000)
Residency
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Family Medicine (2007)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Internal Medicine (2008)
Languages
English
Department
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

Recognitions

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

Publications

  • Bloemen EM, Gottesman E, Furfari K, Glover J, Gabbay E, Cox S, Lindberg D, Tietz S, Rosen T, Baek D, Elman A, Huberman B. Examining ethical issues that arise in providing ED/hospital care for patients experiencing elder mistreatment and approaches to address them. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2024 Aug-Oct;36(4):395-412. PubMed PMID: 38867518
  • 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
  • Grentz, L., Furfari, K., Keifer, R. Home-based Appetite-Guided Weaning of Enteral Nutrition of Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Preliminary Clinical Observation. Recent Progress in Nutrition, 4(2), 2024.
  • Furfari, K. The Impact of Racial Bias on Ethics Consults Regarding Non-Beneficial Interventions. Journal of Hospital Ethics. 10(2), 2024.
  • 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.
  • Furfari, K, Abbott, J. Withdrawing and Withholding in the Clinical Arena. The American Journal of Bioethics; 19(3): 45-47, March 21, 2019.
  • Cunningham, T.V., Chatburn, A., Coleman, C., DeRenzo, E.G., Furfari, K., et al. Comprehensive Quality Assessment in Clinical Ethics. Journal of Clinical Ethics; 30(3): 284-296, Fall 2019
  • DelPinoJones A, Wolfe B, Wimmer K, Bowden K, Rosenthal L, Nogar C, Furfari, K, Cumbler, E. Physician Perspectives of Advance Practice Providers on Hospitalist Teams. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners; 2018.
  • Furfari K, Zehnder N, Abbott J. A case of attempted suicide in Huntington’s Disease: Ethical and moral considerations. Accepted for publication in Journal of Clinical Ethics, pending publication
  • 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
  • Fitch L, Cherry R, Abbott J, Furfari K, Glover J, Harnke B, Wynia M. Protocol for a novel, meta-ethnographic systematic review to develop domains of quality for clinical ethics case consultation. PROSPERO 2015:CRD42015023282 Available from http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42015023282
  • 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
  • Advanced Practice Fellowship: Improving Inpatient Training by Understanding Roles in Colorado"
  • "Failure to Fail: An Instiutional Perspective" Accepted by Medical Teaching, publication pending.
  • "Nurse Practitioners as Inpatient Providers: A Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program" Accepted by Journal of Nurse Practitioner, publication pending.
  • Furfari K, Rosenthal L, Tad-y D, Wolfe B, Glasheen J. Nurse Practitioners as Inpatient Providers: A Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2014 June 10(6):425-429.
  • "Failure to Fail: The Institutional Perspective."
  • Furfari, K & Rosenthal, L. “Advanced Practice Fellowship: A Model for Training Inpatient NPs and PAs in Adult Inpatient Medicine.” Poster presented 11/12 at Academic Education Symposium, Denver, CO.
  • Rosenthal, L. & Furfari, K. High Altitude Squeeze, No Fundus for the Stomach. Poster presented 9/27/12 at Rocky Mountain Hospital Medicine Symposium, Denver, CO.
  • Cumbler E., Sweigart J., Furfari K., Simpson J., Thurman L., Del-Pino Jones A., West M., Zehnder N. In the Literature. The Hospitalist. October 2012.
  • Levin D., Furfari K., Simpson J., Zehnder N. In the Literature. The Hospitalist. 2011 Nov 15(11):10-12.
  • Practice-Based Learning "Diabetes Module" for 2nd year medical students, University of Colorado PBL curriculum
  • http://bmj-preview.epocrates.com BMJ-Epocrates Point of Care reference product Topic: Mumps
  • Title: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease presenting as severe depression: a case report Ethan U Cumbler, Kristin Furfari and Jeannette Guerrasio Cases Journal 2009, 2:122 (04 Feb 2009) http://www.casesjournal.com/content/2/1/122
  • Cumbler E., Furfari K., Guerrasio J. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease presenting as severe depression: a case report. Cases J. 2009 Feb 4;2(1):122. PMID: 19193205
  • Furfari K. Campylobacter Infection. BMJ Point of Care. 2010. https://online.epocrates.com/noFrame/showPage.do?method=diseases&MonographId=1175
  • Submitted "Key Clinical Question" article to the Hospitalist 3/1/2008. Pending publication.
  • A resource titled Script Concordance Tests: Assessment Tools for Diabetes and Diarrheal Illness (MEP-2015-0104) in MedEd Portal

Professional Memberships

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

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Hospital Medicine, Board Certification (2007)
  • Hospitalist Service, Other (0001)
Clinical Interests
This physician treats inpatients only and does not make office appointments.


School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

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