Dani Loeb, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Director of Transgender Care for GIM

Research Interests

My primary research interest is in the care of complex medical patients in primary care, with a specific focus on the role of mental illness in the primary care setting. I am actively engaged in qualitative work exploring the experiences of primary care physicians in treating these patients. I am interested in using this qualitative work to better understand patient complexity from the perspective of primary care physicians. With a better understanding of patient complexity I plan to study an intervention to help primary care physician care for their complex medical patient, especially those with mental illness. I am also using quantitative analysis to better define the role of mental illness in complex medical patients. I am involved in observational quantitative research using the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey to study the effects of treatment for depression in patients with both depression and diabetes on both medical expenditures and mental and physical functioning status.

Publications

• Loeb DL, Cali SR, Aagaard SM, Lee RS. Modest Impact of a Brief Curricular Intervention on Poor Documentation of Sexual History in University-Based Resident Internal Medicine Clinics. J Sex Med; June 2010.
• Loeb DL, Lee RS, Cali SR, Binswanger IA, Aagaard EM. Sex after 50? Factors that Influence Sexual History-Taking Practices of Internal Medicine Residents. SGIM Annual Meeting; Poster Presentation April 2010.
• Loeb DL, Lee RS, Cali SR, Binswanger IA, Aagaard EM. Sex after 50? Factors that Influence Sexual History-Taking Practices of Internal Medicine Residents. SGIM Annual Meeting; Poster Presentation April 2010.
• Loeb DL, Lee RS, Binswanger IA, Ellison MC, Aagaard SM. Patient, Resident Physician, and Visit Factors Associated with Documentation of Sexual History in the Outpatient Setting. J Gen Intern Med; August 2011.
• Loeb DL, Bayliss EA, Binswanger IA, Candrian C, deGruy FV. Primary Care Physician Perceptions of Caring for Complex Patients with Medical and Mental Illness. J Gen Intern Med; epub Feb 2012.
• Loeb DL, Bayliss EA, Candrian C, Binswanger IA. Physician Perspectives on the Role of Mental Illness in the Care of Complex Patients - “It makes everything more difficult!” Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Phoenix, AZ. May 2011.
• Lobo I, Loeb DL, Ghushchyan V, Huebschmann AG. Are Health Care Professionals advising a low-fat diet to Patients with Diabetes or Diabetes risk factors? Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Phoenix, AZ. May 2011.
• Loeb DL, Bayliss EA, Binswanger IA, Candrian C, deGruy FV. Primary Care Physician Perceptions of Caring for Complex Patients with Medical and Mental Illness. J Gen Intern Med; Feb 2012.
• Loeb DF, Ghushchyan V, Huebschmann AG, Lobo IE, Bayliss, EA. Association of Treatment Modality for Depression and Burden of Comorbid Chronic Illness in a Nationally Representative Sample in the United States. General Hospital Psychiatry. Nov 2012; 34(6):588-97.
• Lobo IE, Loeb DF, Ghushchyan V, Schauer IE, Huebschmann AG. Missed Opportunities for Low-Fat Counseling in Patients with Diabetes. Prev Chronic Dis. Oct 2012;9:E161.
• Nikels SM, Guiton G, Loeb DL, Brandenburg S. Multi-source evaluations: from the viewpoint of the evaluators. JGME; Online ahead of print. Jan. 2013.
• Loeb DL, Binswanger IA, Candrian C, Bayliss EA. General Internist conceptualization of the complex patient: a qualitative study. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Orlando, FL. May 2012.
• Loeb DL, Sudfeld HK, Sieja A. Implementation of an Universal Depression Screening and Treatment Protocol at a Mixed Resident and Faculty Academic Internal Medicine Primary Care Clinic. University of Colorado Department of Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium. November 2012
• Lloyd S, Stoll D, Zehnder N,Corral J,Guiton G, Loeb DL. Evaluation of Training for a Depression Screening and Treatment Protocol in the Primary Care Setting. University of Colorado School of Medicine Education Innovation & Research Symposium. November 2012.
• Nikels SM, Guiton G, Loeb D, Brandenburg S. Evaluating nonphysician staff members' self-perceived ability to provide multisource evaluations of residents. J Grad Med Educ. 2013 Mar;5(1):64-9. PubMed PMID: 24404229
• Loeb DF, Sieja A, Corrall J, Zehnder NG, Guiton G, Nease DE. Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record to Implement and Evaluate a Depression Screening and Treatment Protocol in Two Academic Outpatient Internal Medicine Clinics" has been accepted for publication in American Journal of Medical Quality. Am J Med Qual. In Press.
• Hemming, P., Loeb, D. (2013) Internal Medicine Residents' Inadequate Preparation in Mental Health. SGIM Forum: 36(12): 2, 10-11.
• Loeb D, Sieja A, Corral J, Zehnder NG, Guiton G, Nease DE. Evaluation of the Role of Training in the Implementation of a Depression Screening and Treatment Protocol in 2 Academic Outpatient Internal Medicine Clinics Utilizing the Electronic Medical Record. Am J Med Qual. 2014 May 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24829154
• Loeb DL, Bayliss EA, Candrian C, deGruy, FV, Binswanger IA. Treating Complex Patients in Primary Care: Physician Offer a New View of Competing Demands. Abstracts of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. April 24-27, 2013. Denver, Colorado, USA. J Gen Intern Med. Jun 2013;28 Suppl 1:S1-489.
• Lee R, Loeb D, Butterfield A. Sexual History Taking Curriculum: Lecture and Standardized Patient Cases. MedEdPORTAL. 2014. http://www.mededportal.org/publication/9856.
• Loeb DF, Corral J, Sieja A, Zehnder N, McCord M, Nease DE. The Importance of Training in the Implementation of an Outpatient Depression Screening and Treatment Protocol. Abstracts from the 37th annual meeting of the society of general internal medicine. J Gen Intern Med. Apr 2014;29 Suppl 1:1-545.
• Loeb DF, Nikels SM, Swigris R, Brandenburg S. Working Towards Meaningful Resident Involvement in Quality Improvement at two University Continuity Clinics. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. Abstracts from the 37th annual meeting of the society of general internal medicine. J Gen Intern Med. Apr 2014;29 Suppl 1:1-545.
• Loeb DF, Bayliss EA, Candrian C, deGruy FV, Binswanger IA. Primary care providers' experiences caring for complex patients in primary care: a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract. 2016 Mar 22;17:34. PubMed PMID: 27004838
• Furbish SM, Kroehl ME, Loeb DF, Lam HM, Lewis CL, Nelson J, Chow Z, Trinkley KE. A Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration to Optimize Benzodiazepine Use for Anxiety and Sleep Symptom Control in Primary Care. J Pharm Pract. 2016 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27480874
• Danielle F. Loeb, Lori A. Crane, Erin Leister, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Evette Ludman, Ingrid A. Binswanger, Danielle M. Kline, Meredith Smith, Frank V. deGruy, Donald E. Nease, L. Miriam Dickinson, Development and initial validation of primary care provider mental illness management and team-based care self-efficacy scales, General Hospital Psychiatry, Volume 45, March–April 2017, Pages 44-50, ISSN 0163-8343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.12.005.
• Loeb DF, Binswanger IA, Candrian C, Bayliss EA. Primary care physician insights into a typology of the complex patient in primary care. Ann Fam Med. 2015 Sep;13(5):451-5. PubMed PMID: 26371266
• Loeb D, Sieja A, Corral J, Zehnder NG, Guiton G, Nease DE. Evaluation of the role of training in the implementation of a depression screening and treatment protocol in 2 academic outpatient internal medicine clinics utilizing the electronic medical record. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Jul-Aug;30(4):359-66. PubMed PMID: 24829154
• Bhat S, Kroehl ME, Trinkley KE, Chow Z, Heath LJ, Billups SJ, Loeb DF. Evaluation of a Clinical Pharmacist-Led Multidisciplinary Antidepressant Telemonitoring Service in the Primary Care Setting. Popul Health Manag. 2017 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29211661
• Loeb DF, Leister E, Ludman E, Binswanger IA, Crane L, Dickinson M, Kline DM, deGruy FV, Nease D, Bayliss EA. Factors associated with physician self-efficacy in mental illness management and team-based care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2018 Jan - Feb;50:111-118. PubMed PMID: 29156252
• Loeb DF, Crane LA, Leister E, Bayliss EA, Ludman E, Binswanger IA, Kline DM, Smith M, deGruy FV, Nease DE, Dickinson LM. Development and initial validation of primary care provider mental illness management and team-based care self-efficacy scales. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2017 Mar - Apr;45:44-50. PubMed PMID: 28274338
• Furbish SML, Kroehl ME, Loeb DF, Lam HM, Lewis CL, Nelson J, Chow Z, Trinkley KE. A Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration to Optimize Benzodiazepine Use for Anxiety and Sleep Symptom Control in Primary Care. J Pharm Pract. 2017 Aug;30(4):425-433. PubMed PMID: 27480874
• Abstracts from the 2017 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting. J GEN INTERN MED (2017) 32(Suppl 2): 83. https://doi-org.proxy.hsl.ucdenver.edu/10.1007/s11606-017-4028-8
• Bhat S, Kroehl ME, Trinkley KE, Chow Z, Heath LJ, Billups SJ, Loeb DF. Evaluation of a Clinical Pharmacist-Led Multidisciplinary Antidepressant Telemonitoring Service in the Primary Care Setting. Popul Health Manag. 2018 Oct;21(5):366-372. PubMed PMID: 29211661
• Loeb DF, Leister E, Ludman E, Binswanger IA, Crane L, Dickinson M, Kline DM, deGruy FV, Nease D, Bayliss EA. Factors associated with physician self-efficacy in mental illness management and team-based care. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2018 Jan - Feb;50:111-118. PubMed PMID: 29156252
• Yang M, Loeb DF, Sprowell AJ, Trinkley KE. Design and Implementation of a Depression Registry for Primary Care. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Jan Feb;34(1):59-66. PubMed PMID: 30008227
• Loeb DF, Monson SP, Lockhart S, Depue C, Ludman E, Nease DE Jr, Binswanger IA, Kline DM, de Gruy FV, Good DG, Bayliss EA. Mixed method evaluation of Relational Team Development (RELATED) to improve team-based care for complex patients with mental illness in primary care. BMC Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 15;19(1):299. PubMed PMID: 31615460
• Loeb DF, Kline DM, Kroenke K, Boyd C, Bayliss EA, Ludman E, Dickinson LM, Binswanger IA, Monson SP. Designing the relational team development intervention to improve management of mental health in primary care using iterative stakeholder engagement. BMC Fam Pract. 2019 Sep 6;20(1):124. PubMed PMID: 31492096
• Bhat S, Kroehl M, Yi WM, Jaeger J, Thompson AM, Lam HM, Loeb D, Trinkley KE. Factors influencing the acceptance of referrals for clinical pharmacist managed disease states in primary care. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2019 May - Jun;59(3):336-342. PubMed PMID: 30948239
• Yang M, Loeb DF, Sprowell AJ, Trinkley KE. Design and Implementation of a Depression Registry for Primary Care. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Jan Feb;34(1):59-66. PubMed PMID: 30008227
• Maten N, Kroehl ME, Loeb DF, Bhat S, Ota T, Billups SJ, Schilling LM, Heckman S, Reingardt C, Trinkley KE. An evaluation of clinical decision support tools for Patient Health Questionnaire-9 administration. Ment Health Clin. 2021 Sep;11(5):267-273. PubMed PMID: 34621601
• Phimphasone-Brady P, Chiao J, Karamsetti L, Sieja A, Johnson R, Macke L, Lum H, Lee R, Farro S, Loeb D, Schifeling C, Huebschmann AG. Clinician and staff perspectives on potential disparities introduced by the rapid implementation of telehealth services during COVID-19: a mixed-methods analysis. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1339-1347. PubMed PMID: 34132810
• Kluemper A, Heath L, Loeb D, Kroehl M, Trinkley K. Depression-related stigma among primary care providers. Ment Health Clin. 2021 May;11(3):175-180. PubMed PMID: 34026392

Professional Memberships

• Society of General Internal Medicine, Member
• American College of Physicians (ACP), Member
• WPATH, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2650

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2009)

Conditions & Treatments

• Primary Care
• Mental Health and Behavior
• Transgender Health
• Wellness and Prevention - LGTBQIA+ PrEP
• Wellness and Prevention