Brandon Combs, MD

Professional Titles

• Editor JAMA Internal Medicine, Teachable Moments Section

Recognitions

• Rising Star Award, University of Colorado Department of Internal Medicine (2013)
  
• Innovation Award, Teaching Value/Choosing Wisely Competition - Do No Harm Project, American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (2013)
  
• Clinician-Educator of the Year - Mountain West Region, Society of General Internal Medicine (2014)
  
• Evergreen Award - Do No Harm Project, American College of Physicians (2014)
  
• Young Physician of the Year, American College of Physicians, Colorado Chapter (2015)
  
• Elaine Cleary Award (Educator of the Year) , Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (2015)
  

Research Interests

Publications

• Accepted for publication, Diagnostic Dilemma - American Journal of Medicine Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia with High Output Heart Failure and Diffuse Arterial Aneurysms Michael Ruygrok, BA, University of Colorado School of Medicine Brandon Combs, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Jessica Campbell, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Mary DeDecker, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center
• Poster presentation at Rocky Mountain Hospital Symposium 2010 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia with High Output Heart Failure and Diffuse Arterial Aneurysms Michael Ruygrok, BA, University of Colorado School of Medicine Brandon Combs, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Jessica Campbell, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Mary DeDecker, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center
• Combs B, Caverly T, Gozansky G, Ross S, Matlock D. The Utility of Repeat Bone Densitometry in Women on Treatment for Low Bone Mineral Density. 2012. (SGIM meeting 2012)
• Education and Innovation research Symposium. University of Colorado School of Medicine. The Do No Harm Project.
• Liu P, Nikels M, Combs B. Diuretics and diarrhea: a dangerous combination: a teachable moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Feb 1;174(2):182. PubMed PMID: 24275796
• Combs BP, Rappaport M, Caverly TJ, Matlock DD. "Due" for a scan: examining the utility of monitoring densitometry. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Nov 25;173(21):2007-9. PubMed PMID: 23877530
• Caverly TJ, Combs BP, Moriates C, Shah N, Grady D. Too much medicine happens too often: the teachable moment and a call for manuscripts from clinical trainees. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan;174(1):8-9. PubMed PMID: 24080955
• Caverly TJ, Prochazka AV, Combs BP, Lucas BP, Mueller SR, Kutner JS, Binswanger I, Fagerlin A, Matlock DD. Doctors and Numbers: An Assessment of the Critical Risk Interpretation Test. Med Decis Making. 2014 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25378297
• Combs BP, Meade L, Bollman K, Brandenburg S. How to Incorporate High Value Care (HVC) Curricula into Existing Educational Conferences. Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine: Insight. 2014
• Swigris R, Combs B. Heart of Medicine and Do No Harm Narratives for Internal Medicine Residents: A Novel Approach to Peer Teaching in the Ambulatory Setting. MedEdPORTAL; 2014. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/9699
• Daniel Matlock, MD, MPH; Eva Aagaard, MD; Adam Abraham, MD; Wagner Schorr-Ratzlaff, MD; Nivedita D Mahidhara, MD; Scott De La Cruz, MD; Lisa Schilling, MD; Brandon Combs, MD; B. Karen Mellis, BS; Carmen L Lewis, MD. A Letter to Activate Patients: Development, a Negative Trial, and Next Steps. Journal of Patient Engagement, 2014.
• Murphy E, Tad-y D, Combs B. Exploring Drivers of Medical Overuse Through Transformation of Grand Rounds into “Right Care Rounds.” Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2014
• Department of Medicine Quality and Patient Safety Symposium, University of Colorado Hospital. The Do No Harm Project
• Annual Meeting Colorado Chapter of American College of Physicians. The Do No Harm Project.
• Ashok A, Combs B. Teaching High-Value Care. AMA J Ethics. 2015 Nov 1;17(11):1040-3. PubMed PMID: 26595245
• Murphy EN, Tad-y D, Combs B. Exploring Drivers of Medical Overuse Through Transformation of Grand Rounds Into "Right Care Rounds". J Grad Med Educ. 2015 Jun;7(2):283-4. PubMed PMID: 26221457
• Murphy E, Tad-y D, Miller T, Buckhold F, Combs B. RightCare Rounds: Adapting the Familiar Case Conference to Promote High Value and Patient Centered Care Through Physician Behavior Change. National SGIM Meeting 2016, Hollywood, FL
• Dysarthria and Right-sided Hemiparesis: Metastatic Streptococcal Infection Masquerading as Pontine Strok. SGIM Mountain West meeting, 2012
• The Utility of Repeat Bone Densitometry in Women on Treatment for Low Bone Mineral Density. JGIM, Volume 27, Supplement 2 / July 2012.
• Turakhia P, Combs B. Using Principles of Co-Production to Improve Patient Care and Enhance Value. AMA J Ethics. 2017 Nov 1;19(11):1125-1131. PubMed PMID: 29168684
• Caverly T, Matlock D, Thompson J, Combs B. Qualitative evaluation of a narrative reflection program to help medical trainees recognize and avoid overuse: "Am I doing what's right for the patient?". Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28899714
• Stenehjem K, Herren D, Pulver G, Combs B. Association of Frequency of Lipid Testing With Changes in Lipid-Lowering Therapy. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Oct 1;177(10):1529-1531. PubMed PMID: 28846768
• www.medschool.ucdenver.edu/gim/donoharmproject
• Caverly T, Matlock D, Thompson J, Combs B. Qualitative evaluation of a narrative reflection program to help medical trainees recognize and avoid overuse: "Am I doing what's right for the patient?". Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Mar;101(3):475-480. PubMed PMID: 28899714

Professional Memberships

• American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2010)

• Primary Care
• Seniors' Health