Brett Leggett, MD, FAAP
Professor of Clinical Practice, Pediatrics

Professional Titles

• Chair, Inpatient Pediatrics, Denver Health Medical Center

Recognition & Awards

• Top Doctors 2024, Castle Connolly (2024)

Teaching

Publications

• Leggett BD. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in Children: The Known Unknowns. Hospital Pediatrics. 2023 Dec; 13 (12): e390-e391.
• Desai AD, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Esporas M, Britto MT, Gidengil C, Wilson K, Bardach NS, Basco W, Brittan MS, Johnson DP, Wood KE, Yung S, Dawley E, Fiore D, Gregoire L, Hodo LN, Leggett BD, Manges K, Sartori LF, Weber DE, Mangione-Smith R, "Effectiveness of a Pediatric Improvement Collaborative on Written Discharge Instructions Quality," Pediatrics. 2023 May; 151 (5):47. PMID: 37078242.
• Desai AD, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Esporas M, Britto MT, Gidengil C, Wilson K, Bardach NS, Basco WT, Brittan MS, Johnson DP, Wood KE, Yung S, Dawley E, Fiore D, Gregoire L, Hodo LN, Leggett B, Piazza K, Sartori LF, Weber DE, Mangione-Smith R. Improving the Quality of Written Discharge Instructions: A Multisite Collaborative Project. Pediatrics. 2023 May 1;151(5). PubMed PMID: 37078242
• Boss R, Henderson C, Weiss E, Falck A, Madrigal V, Shapiro M, Williams E, Donohue P, Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative. The Changing Landscape in Pediatric Hospitals: A Multicenter Study of How Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Impacts NICU Throughput. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Oct. PMID: 33075841
• Bock, A and Leggett B. “Care of Children with Medical Complexity.” Pediatric Acute Care, 2nd edition, edited by Bolick B et al, Elsevier, 2020 Jul.
• Boss R, Falck A, Goloff N, Hutton N, Miles A, Shapiro M, Weiss E, Donohue P, Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative. Low Prevalence of Palliative Care and Ethics Consultations for Children with Chronic Critical Illness. Acta Paediatrica. 2018 Oct; 107 (10): 1832-33. PMID: 29751362
• Seattle Children’s Clinical Standard Work Committee. End of Life Care & Bereavement Pathway. 2018 Nov; available from: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/ pdf/end-of-life-care-and-bereavement-pathway.pdf
• Walker W, Gonzalez G, Herman A, Jacobson E, Kaukl B, Leggett B, Lorenzo K, Popalisky J, Villavicencio. Newborn Myelomeningocele Pathway. 2016 Sep; available from: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/pdf/newborn-myelomeningocele-pathway.pdf
• Splinter A and Leggett B: Index of Suspicion (Case 2): A Case of Coccidioidomycosis. Pediatrics in Review. 2010 Mar; 117-123.
• Leggett B and Ben-Isaac E: Case in Point: Hypertension in a Three-Year Old Boy. Consultant for Pediatricians. 2009 Mar; 96-99.