Liz Gundersen, MD

Visiting 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

  • 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 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. "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 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.
  • 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

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.