Liz Gundersen, MD

Associate Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine

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Medical School
  • MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (2000)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, The College of William and Mary (1995)
Residency
  • University of Massachusetts Program, Family Medicine (2003)
Fellowships
  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2013)
Languages
English
Department
Medicine-Internal Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
  • Core Faculty, Rural Program

Publications

  • DCD (Donation after Circulatory Death) Educational Guide
  • Henderson RR, Adams CA, Thomas L, Gundersen E, Zaidi Z, Hagen M. COVID As a Catalyst: A Qualitative Study Of Professional Identity Formation among U.S. Medical Students During COVID-19. Teach Learn Med. 2023 Aug 17:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37592855
  • Gundersen E, Bensadon B. Geriatric Depression. Prim Care. 2023 Mar;50(1):143-158. PubMed PMID: 36822724
  • Henderson RR, Adams CA, Thomas L, Gundersen E, Zaidi Z, Hagen M. COVID As a Catalyst: A Qualitative Study Of Professional Identity Formation among U.S. Medical Students During COVID-19. Teach Learn Med. 2023 Aug 17;:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37592855
  • Gundersen E, Bensadon B. Geriatric Depression. Prim Care. 2023 Mar;50(1):143-158. PubMed PMID: 36822724
  • Carlock H, Meyer R, Young S, Villarroel L, Diaz S, Gundersen E, Ouslander JG. CommentReflections on a Real-Time Advance Care Planning Discussion During Our First Virtual Teaching Rounds in Post-Acute Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Feb;69(2):560-562. PubMed PMID: 33372268
  • Gundersen, E. "Fostering Professional Identity Formation." Teaching Physician, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Initial publication 2 April 2019, Peer-reviewed publication 30 August 2019, www.teachingphysician.org/.
  • Gundersen, E. " Professional Identity Formation as a Team Sport." Teaching Physician, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Initial publication 2 April 2019, Peer-reviewed publication 30 August 2019, www.teachingphysician.org/.
  • Gundersen E, Bensadon B, Ouslander J. “Transitions Between Care Settings Until Death.” Chapter in Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine. Ed. Jean-Pierre Michel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 287-296.
  • Gundersen EC, Sehgal MM, Ouslander JG. Into the Great Unknown Our Patients Go. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Nov;65(11):2452-2454. PubMed PMID: 28990154
  • Gundersen E. “End-of-Life Care.” Chapter in Psychology and Geriatrics: Integrated Care for an Aging Nation. Ed. Benjamin Bensadon. San Diego: Elsevier, 2015. 183-206.
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Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Fellow
  • Society of Hospital Medicine, Fellow
  • Academy for Professionalism in Health Care, Member
  • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 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
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Board Certification
Care Philosophy
Everyone has a story. I believe in learning people's stories so I can treat them as whole people and partner with them in their care.

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045


303.724.5375