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Meet our Presenters!

Katheryn Boyd-Trull, MD

Dr. Katheryn Boyd-Trull is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. With extensive experience inpatient critical care and street medicine, Dr. Boyd has dedicated her career to improving access to healthcare for underserved populations. She has served as the inpatient medical chief for the Family Medicine Department at the University of Colorado Hospital for the past 13 years, demonstrating her commitment to quality healthcare delivery.

 

Dr. Boyd has a strong interest in teaching all healthcare workers about effective healthcare delivery to critical care patients and those experiencing homelessness. She serves as a faculty advisor for the CU Street Medicine program and has been actively involved in various initiatives aimed at enhancing health equity and community engagement.

 

Her work has garnered multiple grants and awards, including the Street Medicine Institute Seed Grant and the Presidents Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Dr. Boyd has presented her research on topics such as transitions of care and the safe delivery of street medicine at both national and international conferences.

 

In addition to her academic and research endeavors, Dr. Boyd has taken on numerous leadership roles, including serving on the inpatient CODE team task force and as a faculty leader for morbidity and mortality case reviews. Her commitment to community service is evident through her volunteer work with organizations that provide medical services to unhoused and uninsured individuals.

 

Dr. Boyd is passionate about bridging the gap between medical education and community health, making her a prominent advocate for innovative solutions to healthcare disparities.

Kevin D. Deane, MD/PhD

Dr. Deane is a Rheumatologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz. His undergraduate training was at the University of California, Davis, which is near his hometown of Auburn, California. He completed medical school at Loma Linda University and his Internal Medicine Residency and Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Colorado. He practices outpatient and inpatient clinical rheumatology at UCHealth. His research interests are in understanding how rheumatoid arthritis (RA) develops, and especially the biology of RA prior to the onset of the first swollen joint – a period that can be termed ‘pre-RA’. He has also participated in research related to the role of the lung in RA – both as an initiating site for RA, and as a ‘target’ for autoimmune-mediated injury. Dr. Deane is also the Director of the Autoimmune Disease Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/centers/adpc

Robert Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS

 

Robert Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS, is the Stan & Mary Ellen Cope Family Endowed Chair and Professor of Surgery in the Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Meguid joined the faculty in 2012 after completing his general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a research fellowship in thoracic oncology, a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Washington. He is the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Surgery. He is a founding member and a past president of the Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network, a member of the AATS, SUS, STS, WTSA, ESTS, AAS, Surgical Outcomes Club, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. His research interests are in the identification and development of processes and systems of care leading to improved surgical patient outcomes. These efforts are currently focused on improving patient understanding and provider assessment of preoperative risk, and on using advanced statistical methodology to identify adverse postoperative outcomes. He practices in all aspects of general thoracic surgery. His clinical expertise in thoracic Surgery is in minimally invasive, robotic approaches to malignant and benign lung, esophageal disease, and management of chest wall disease. He enjoys his free time with his wife and kids, travelling, playing soccer with his kids, and snowboarding.