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Joe Grubenhoff, MD

Chair, Professional Standards Committee, Children's Colorado
Medical Director, Diagnostic Safety Program, Children's Colorado

Provider's Specialties

Emergency Medicine - Pediatric

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Pediatric Emergency Care

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My care philosophy

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 and parents' wishes and values is the best way to speed kids to recovery.

Get to know Joe Grubenhoff, MD

Departments and Programs

Emergency

Conditions Treated

Languages spoken

English

Experience and background

I have a particular interest in the cognitive psychology of human decision-making and its impact on clinical reasoning and patient harm. Improving our understanding of the role of pitfalls in clinical judgment and how these pitfalls systematically and predictably fail diagnosticians is a critical component to improving patient safety.

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

Website: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Grubenhoff+%5Bauthor%5D

For Patients:
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.

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society 2002

This is the national medical honor society recognizing medical students demonstrating scholarship, leadership and professionalism. Members typically represent the top 10% of their graduating class. http://alphaomegaalpha.org/how.html
St. Louis University Beta Chapter

Outstanding Student in Pediatrics 2002

Awarded to one graduating student from St. Louis University Medical School who demonstrated outstanding performance in pediatric medicine.
St. Louis Pediatrics Society

Ludwig-Seidel Award 2008

This award is given for the best research by a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at the annual Pediatric Academic Society Meeting.
Academic Pediatric Association

Golden Stethoscope - Patient/Physician Communication 2011

This award is given by the School of Medicine Foundations of Doctoring Program for displaying excellent patient/physician communication skills.
University of Colorado

5280 Top Doc 2013

Recognition by Denver Metro Area peers for providing excellent care.
5280 Magazine

Century Award 2014

This award is given to a member of the Children's Hospital Colorado medical staff 5 or fewer years out from training who has made significant contributions to Children's Hospital Colorado.
Children's Hospital Colorado

Excellence in Trauma Physician Award 2014

Awarded to a Children's Hospital Colorado physician who has made considerable contributions to trauma care at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Children's Hospital Colorado Trauma Program