Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Senior Scholar In Creative Writing, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Recognitions
Teaching Award, U. of Colorado Internal Medicine Residents
(2006)
Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors in America
(2010)
Top Doctor in Denver, 5280 Magazine
(2012)
Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?" 2012-2015.
Research Interests
Writing philosophical essays and poems, mostly about how practitioners and their loved ones lead the medical life.
Publications
Hergott L. Update on Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging. Journal of Insurance Medicine 2005; 37(2):120-128.
Hergott L. Galileo's Grapes: Recognizing Those Who Helped Make Us Who We Are. Novin Pezeshki Journal of Medicine (Tehran, Iran);326/7, October, 2005 (Reprinted in full - in Farci - from JAMA article 2003)
Senior - Desensitization of patients with clopidogrel allergy. Accepted for publication in a pharmacy journal.
Hergott L. The impoortance of the right heart. JAMA 2007; 297(5):447-448
Hergott L. A Separate Sacrifice. Ann Int Med 2007;147:896.
Hergott L. The Teardrop Approach. Ann int Med 2009; 151:753.
Hergott l. A Journey Beyond Imagining. JAMA 2009; 302:2188-2189.
Warmth and Light in the Absence of the I. English Language Notes (CU-Boulder English Department) Fall-Winter 2011-2012
Hergott LJ. The View From Fiesole. JAMA 2013;310(2):147-148.
Hergott LJ. A piece of my mind. The absence of something. JAMA. 2015 Mar 24-31;313(12):1215-6. PubMed PMID: 25803344
4. Hergott LJ. The confessional. Expo Times. 2014;126(2):104.
Hergott LJ. Making It From home to First. JAMA, July 18, 2012