EVENT

Larry Wolk: “Colorado: The State of the State”

Categories: 
CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Faculty, Staff
Monday, September 12, 2016
12:00pm – 1:00pm
CU Anschutz | Education 2 North, Room 1102

Colorado School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds: "Colorado: The State of the State," presented by

Larry Wolk, M.D., MSPH
Executive Director & Chief Medical Officer 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Since joining the agency in September 2013, Dr. Wolk’s mission has been to simplify the health system for the citizens of Colorado and to position the department as the leader in providing evidence-based health and environmental information. During his tenure he has overseen flood recovery, a federal shutdown and the promulgation of the nation’s first air quality rules specific to methane reduction for oil and gas operations. His new frontier is addressing the myriad issues surrounding medical and retail marijuana.

Before coming to the department, Dr. Wolk served as chief executive officer of CORHIO, Colorado’s nonprofit health information exchange. He was an executive with Correctional Healthcare Companies, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Colorado, Prudential Healthcare of Colorado and CIGNA Healthcare. In 1996, Dr. Wolk founded the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, one of Colorado’s largest safety-net clinics and a national model for providing care to the uninsured. He continues to practice medicine there.​​

Click here for more information: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/About/activitiesandevents/Pages/Preventive-Medicine-Grand-Rounds.aspx