Karen Peterson, MD

Denver Health
Denver Public Health
605 Bannock St
Denver, CO
USA 80204
kpeterso@dhha.org

Biographical Sketch:
1992 - present -- Attending Physician, Denver Public Health 2000 - present -- Lecturer on various STD topics for the Denver HIV/STD Prevention Training Center Responsible for attending in the Denver Metro Health Clinic (STD clinic) and ID/AIDS clinic, presenting educational activities and updating protocols for the primary providers in those clinics, and working with quality assurance/quality improvement with the clinics. On-site Project Director for Denver site of STD CHOICES, a CDC-funded demonstration project to reduce the risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancy in women attending an urban STD clinic.