KaraLeachMD
Family Medicine • Lakewood, COHospital Medicine/Hospitalist
Dive Medicine doctor at Leach Dive & Hyperbaric Medicine Consulting, Hospitalist at ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition at Denver Health
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Office
200 Union Blvd
Ste. 311
Lakewood, CO 80228Phone+1 904-414-6034Fax+1 970-360-2564
Summary
- Dr. Kara Leach is a family physician with a private Dive Medicine practice in Lakewood, CO and works full-time ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health. She received her medical degree from University of Colorado School of Medicine, attended residency at Swedish Family Medicine, and has been in practice 8 years. She specializes in hospital medicine/hospitalist and is experienced in eating disorders and dive medicine. She has 3 publications, 1 more in press, 2 in the works, and 14 citings.
Education & Training
University of Colorado (University Hospital)Residency, Family Medicine, 2010 - 2014- University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical CampusClass of 2011
Colorado State UniversityB.S., Microbiology and Biomedical Sciences, Cum Laude, 2006
Certifications & Licensure
CO State Medical License 2013 - 2025- American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Compassionate Care Award Denver Health, 2022
- ACUTE Employee of the Month Denver Health, 2021
- Community Service Award Colorado Health Foundation, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 13 citationsFirst trimester myomectomy as an alternative to termination of pregnancy in a woman with a symptomatic uterine leiomyoma: a case report.Kara K. Leach, Larissa Khatain, Kristina Tocce
Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2011-12-10 - 5 citationsOriginal research articleUmbilical cord transection to induce fetal demise prior to second-trimester D&E abortion☆Kristina Tocce, Kara K. Leach, Jeanelle Sheeder, Kandice Nielson, Stephanie B. Teal
Contraception. 2013-12-01
Journal Articles
- Umbilical Cord Transection to Induce Fetal Demise Prior to Second-Trimester AbortionTocce, K., Leach, K., Sheeder, J., Nielson, K., Teal, S., Contraception, 1/1/2013
- How common is tachysystole with fetal heart rate abnormalities when inducing labor with misoprostol?Leach K, Onysko M, Evidence-Based Practice, 1/1/2013
- First trimester myomectomy as an alternative to termination of pregnancy in a woman with a symptomatic uterine leiomyoma: a case reportKara Leach, Larissa Khatain, Kristina Tocce, Journal of Medical Case Reports, 1/10/2011
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Lectures
- Eating Disorder PotpourriDenver Health - 2022
- Medical Complications of Eating DisordersDenver Health - 12/2021
- Hyperbaric Medicine: Divers Alert Network and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Fall CME CourseSwedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO - 1/1/2015
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Other
- Female Genital Mutilation: Difficult DecisionsKara Leach, Janet Shriberg, Gretchen Heinrichs, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
1/1/2011 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: World Health Organization Guidelines and Governmental Efforts to Stop the Outbreak (Honors Thesis)Leach KK, Hughes Undergraduate Research Scholar
1/1/2006
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