Distinguished Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dr. Kutner is the inaugural UCHealth Chief Academic Officer and a tenured Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Kutner received her MD from and completed residency training in internal medicine at UCSF. Subsequently, she completed a NRSA primary care research fellowship, earning an MSPH degree with honors, and a fellowship in geriatric medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
She is Board Certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine and cares for patients on the palliative care service at University of Colorado Hospital. Her research focuses on improving symptoms and quality of life for people with serious illness and their family caregivers and building capacity for palliative care research.
Dr. Kutner was Co-Chair of the NIH-funded Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group (PCRC) and a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Transforming End of Life Care Committee. She is currently contact principal investigator for the NIH-funded Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (ASCENT) Consortium. She is a Past-President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). Dr. Kutner previously served as Vice Chair of the Vizient AMC Chief Medical Executives Steering Committee and as Chair of the AAMC CMOG Steering Committee.
She is a member of the Cambia Sojourns Scholars Program Advisory Board and is on the Board of Directors for DSST Public Schools. Dr. Kutner served as the Head of the University of Colorado School of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine from 2002-2014 and as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Colorado School of Medicine from 2014 to 2025.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
8:15am - 9:00am PST
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose