Steven Ringel, MD

Professional Titles

• UCH Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety
• Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
• Director, Neuromuscular Section

Recognitions

• Denver’s Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2005)
  
• Denver’s Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2006)
  
• Denver’s Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2008)
  
• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Colorado School of Medicine (1985)
  
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Neurology (1998)
  
• Denver's Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2009)
  
• Denver's Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2010)
  
• Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, RWJ Foundation (1992)
  
• Denver's Top 250 docs, 5280 magazine (2011)
  
• Denver's Top 250 docs, 5280 magazine (2012)
  
• Denver's Top 250 docs, 5280 Magazine (2013)
  
• Denver's Top 250 Docs, 5280 Magazine (2014)
  

Research Interests

Publications

• Ringel SP. Restraints and Constraints. Neurology 2010;75:189-190. Rollins Y and Ringel SP. Motor Neuron Disease. Ch 36; pp 419-26. In Clinical Neurology of Aging. 3rd edition. ML Albert and JE Knoefel ed. Oxford University Press. Quan D and Ringel SP. Neuromuscular Disorders. Ch 17; p 344-374. In: Neurology for the Non-neurologist. 6th ed. Weiner WH, Goetz CG, Shin RK, Lewis SL ed Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2010. Oskarsson B, Quan D, Rollins Y D, Neville H E, Ringel S P, Arciniegas D B Use of the Frontal Assessment Battery to Identify Executive Function Impairments in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ALS and Motor Neuron Disorders in press Ringel SP. Book Ends. Neurology 2010;75:1393-5. Ringel SP. Efficient and Effective? Not Yet! Health Affairs (in Press) Holloway RG and Ringel SP. Getting to Value in Neurological Care: Progress Made and the Road Ahead. Annals of Neurology (in press)
• The Changing View from Lookout Mountain. Neurology 2012;78:e55-e56
• Birlea M, Braun C, Kern D, Jones W, Ringel SP and Tyler KL. Improved timeliness of neurology consults in the emergency department Ann Neurol 2012; suppl 16; S202; pS16
• Adrian B and Ringel SP. Strategically aligned for Quality: an innovative interorganizational collaborative. Am J. of Med Quality. Suppl

Professional Memberships

• Colorado Neurological Society, Member
• American Neurological Association, Treasurer
• American Academy of Neurology, Past President
• University Health System, Clinical Evaluation Science Council

Specialty Information

• Neurology, Board Certification (1974)

• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Neuromuscular Diseases
• Brain and Nervous System - Peripheral Nerve Repair