Dr. Patricia A. Gabow
Dr. Gabow is a national leader in delivery system innovation and the care of vulnerable populations. She spent her career at Denver Health, beginning as an academic practitioner and researcher in nephrology and spending the last 20 years there as the CEO, retiring in 2012. She is a professor emerita of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a Master of the American College of Physicians.
She has authored over 170 articles and book chapters and three books, The Lean Prescription: Powerful Medicine for Our Ailing Healthcare System, TIME’S NOW for Women Healthcare Leaders: A Guide for the Journey, and most recently, The Catholic Church and Its Hospitals: A Marriage Made in Heaven? She was a founding member of the federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission and currently serves as Chair of the Lown Institute Board. She has received numerous awards, including the National Academy of Medicine’s Gustav O. Lienhard Award, the American Medical Association Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Public Servant, the Association of American Medical Colleges David E. Rogers Award, the Florence Rena Sabin Award from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Ohtli Award from the Mexican government. She is a member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of Seton Hill University and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
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