Jeanie Youngwerth, MD, FAAHPM
Associate Professor of Medicine; University of Colorado School of Medicine; Director, Palliative Care Service
Jeanie Youngwerth is an Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine (UC SOM), board-certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Youngwerth was a past president of the Alpha Omega Alpha at the University of Illinois at Chicago during medical school and completed internal medicine residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She has been a palliative medicine physician and hospitalist with the Department of Medicine at UC SOM since 2004, is the Director of the University of Colorado Hospital Palliative Care Service since 2009 and the Director of the Highlands Ranch Hospital Palliative Care Service since 2020. Dr. Youngwerth was President Elect to the University of Colorado Hospital Medical Staff 2021-2022 and is currently serving as President. She has been instrumental in leading the University of Colorado Hospital palliative care service to providing the highest quality of clinical care, with the palliative care program recognized nationally in achieving the Joint Commission Advanced Certification in Palliative Care since 2013, awarded the American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award in 2019, and received special recognition for the Beyond the Call of Duty for COVID-19 program from the International Hospital Federation in 2020. Dr. Youngwerth is the Associate Program Director of the Colorado Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program and the Director of the Palliative Care Curriculum at UC SOM. In addition, she was a medical director for community hospice and palliative care programs for 15 years. Dr. Youngwerth was voted one of Denver’s 5280 Top Docs in Hospice and Palliative Medicine for 11 years. She received the honor of Fellow Status from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (FAAHPM) in 2014. Outside of the hospital, Dr. Youngwerth enjoys mountain biking.