South Metro Denver Chamber's Health & Wellness Council hosts an insight tour of the CU Anschutz Medical Campus - the largest academic health center in the Rocky Mountain region, called “City of Health.”

Depart Chamber on charter bus: 8:15 a.m.
Program, tour and lunch: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Bus returns to Chamber: 2:30 p.m.

Space is limited to 50.

You will gain insight from:
•CU Anschutz chancellor Don Elliman about the economic impact and future plans for the campus.
•CU School of Medicine dean John Reilly will address the latest in personalized medicine at the campus and what is the next breakthrough for health care.
•Talks by Dr. Schwartz about personalized medicine.

Other facets for the tour:
•STEM Cell Center as part of the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine
•The “one and only” visible human in the Center for Human Simulation
•See firsthand how simulation rooms function as an OR, Emergency Room, hospital room, ICU, labor and delivery suite and apartment for medical students and nurses. We will be touring the nurses simulation lab.

Did you know?
•First liver transplant in the world was performed by CU physicians.
•CU researchers developed the first shingles vaccine.
•CU School of Medical ranks in the top 10 for primary care, as is its Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Physician Assistant program (U.S. News & World Report)
•The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ranks third in the nation for grant awards from the National Institutes of Health.
•More than 1,300 invention disclosures and patent applications; more than 53 new companies started since 2002.
•More than $86 million in care donated.
•CU Anschutz and its affiliated University Physicians Inc. annually contribute up to $2.6 billion in total economic activity in Colorado. In comparison, the Colorado ski industry adds nearly $3 billion to the state economy each year.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is one of the newest education, research and patient care facilities in the world. Home to 21,000 employees, more than 4,000 degree-seeking students and two nationally recognized hospitals that handle 1.7 million patient visits each year, CU Anschutz trains the health sciences workforce of the future and fuels the economy. CU Anschutz features schools of medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine and public health, a college of nursing and a graduate school. All interconnected, these organizations collaboratively improve the quality of patient care they deliver, research they conduct, and health professionals they train.

Annually, the CU Anschutz Medical Campus provides care for more than 1.4 million patient visits and is awarded more than $400 million in research grants.

Thank you to our Bus & Lunch Sponsor - SMDC Worksite Wellness Project
A new project, funded by a public health grant. The goal is to improve the health of our communities by providing tools, training and funding opportunities to employers who wish to either start a worksite wellness program or develop and freshen up an existing program.

Employer Training: Our first employer training opportunity will be the Colorado Culture of Health Conference. A limited number of tickets are available for employers who are participating in the chamber’s worksite wellness project.

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