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Aurora, CO 80045
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Joe Grubenhoff, MD
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- Emergency Medicine - Pediatric
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I aim to provide relationship-centered evidence-based care for ill and injured children. Shared decision-making supported by sound medical knowledge and informed by the child's and parents' wishes and values is the best way to speed kids to recovery.
Get to know Joe Grubenhoff, MD
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
I have a particular interest in the cognitive psychology of human decision-making and its impact on diagnostic reasoning and patient harm. Improving our understanding of the role that systematic errors play in decision-making is a critical component to improving patient safety. Patient safety starts with the right diagnosis.
Undergraduate 1997
Colorado College (CO)
Medical Education 2002
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Internship 2003
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
Residency 2005
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
Fellowship 2009
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
Graduate 2015
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
For Patients:
My research focuses on reducing patient harm that arises from missed opportunities during the diagnostic process.
My research focuses on reducing patient harm that arises from missed opportunities during the diagnostic process.
For Referring Providers:
My academic focus centers on creating safer care environments by understanding and reducing the risk of harm arising from cognitive miscues during the diagnostic process. Missed opportunities to improve diagnosis remain a relatively under-appreciated source of patient harm.
My academic focus centers on creating safer care environments by understanding and reducing the risk of harm arising from cognitive miscues during the diagnostic process. Missed opportunities to improve diagnosis remain a relatively under-appreciated source of patient harm.
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society 2002
St. Louis University Beta Chapter
5280 Top Doc 2020
5280 Magazine
5280 Top Doc 2021
5280 Magazine
Medical Alumni Hero 2022
CU Anschutz Medical Alumni Office
5280 Top Doc 2022
5280 Magazine
Tim Givens Award for Service to the Section of Emergency Medicine 2023
Section of Emergency Medicine, CU SOM, Dept. of Pediatrics
Outstanding Service Award 2025
Chlidren's Hospital Colorado Medical Staff Office
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