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Curriculum Vitae
Lisa Schatz M.D. FACS
Information Rocky Mountain Surgical Specialists
4545 E. 9th Avenue Suite 120
Denver, Colorado 80220
Phone 303 388-2922
Fax 303 388-2962
State Licensure
2001-present Colorado
Certification
2002-Present American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery 2001-Present American Board of Surgery
Present Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Employment
2020-Present Chair of the Department of Surgery Rose Medical Center 2020-Present MDReview Peer Review Staff
2010-Present General Surgeon and Colon and Rectal Surgeon
Rocky Mountain Surgical Specialists 4545 E. 9th Avenue Suite 120
Denver, CO 80220
2001-2010 General Surgeon and Colon and Rectal Surgeon
Western Surgical Care
4500 E. 9th Avenue Suite 710
Denver, CO 80220
Present Rose Medical Center
-SQIRM (Lead Surgical Quality Improvement and Risk Management)
-Physician Leadership Academy (involved in quality metrics for Rose Medical Center)
Present Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Present HCA Graduate Medical Education Staff
Education
2000-2001 Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship Ochsner Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana
1995-2000 General Surgery Residency University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
1991-1995 M.D.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
1986-1990 B.A.
The Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado
Honors and Awards
2024 5280 Top Doctors Recognition
2023 5280 Top Doctors Recognition
2022 Rose Medical Center Physician of the Year Nominee
2013 Health One Physician Leadership Academy
2008-2023 America’s Top Doctors
2004 Young Surgeon Award, American College of Surgeons 1999-2000 Chief Resident Outstanding Teaching Award
1998-1999 | Junior Resident Outstanding Teaching Award |
1995 | Graduated medical school Alpha Omega Alpha |
1995 | William D. Holden Award for Outstanding Performance In Surgery |
1993-1995 | Clinical Honors Achieved in Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry |
Society Affiliations
Present Fellow of American College of Surgeons
Present American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Present Denver Academy of Surgery
Present American Medical Association
Present Colorado Medical Society
2008 Vice President Colorado Chapter of American College of Surgeons
2007 Secretary/Treasurer Colorado Chapter of American College of Surgeons
2010-2012 Denver Medical Society Board Member
2005 Founding Board Member of MyLifeLine.org (nonprofit support organization for cancer patients and their families and community)
Research
1988-1991 Studied Inflammatory Macrophage Properties
National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. Denver, Colorado
Lectures and Presentations
- Complex Abdominal Case Presentation, Platte Valley Medical Center, Brighton, CO 2013
- Fecal Incontinence, Urogynecology Meeting, Vail, CO 2009
- Constipation and Anal Pain, Rose Medical Grand Rounds, Denver, CO 2004
- Colon Cancer Screening, Rose Obstetric/Gynecology Grand Rounds, Denver, CO 2002
- Colography and the Wireless Capsule, Piedmont Society, Sea Island, GA 2001
- Laparoscopic Versus Open Adrenalectomy, SAGES, Atlanta, GA 2000
- Adrenalectomy: Indications and Approach, Grand Rounds, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 2000
- Surgical Management of Crohn’s Disease, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 2000
- The Vagus Nerve, Grand Rounds, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, 1999
- Perineal Trauma in Children, Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Conference, Rainbow Babies and Children, Cleveland, OH 1998
- Construction of cDNA Libraries, BA Honors Thesis, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 199
Publications
- Weinstein, L, Opelka F, Hicks T, Timmcke A, Beck D. Colonoscopy in Asymptomatic Patients with a Family History of Colorectal Cancer. Submitted to Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2001.
- Weinstein L, Timmcke A, Beck D. Colography and the Wireless Capsule. Submitted to Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2001.
- Weinstein, L, McHenry C. Fluids and Electrolytes. Cameron J, Ed. Current Surgical Therapy, Seventh edition, Mosby, 2000.
- Weinstein, L, Shenk R. Congestive Heart Failure and Breast Edema Mimics Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Case Report, 2000 (submitted).
- Fadok V, Laszlo D, Noble P, Weinstein L, Riches D, Henson P: Particle Digestibility is Required for Induction of Phosphatidylserine Recognition Mechanism Used by Murine Macrophages to Phagocytose Apoptotic Cells. The Journal of Immunology 1993, 151: 4274-4285.
- Laszlo, D, Henson P, Remigio L, Weinstein L, Sable C, Noble P, Riches D: Development of Functional Diversity in Mouse Macrophages: Mutual Exclusion of Two Phenotypic States. American Journal of Pathology 1993: 587-597.
Financial relationships
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Nature of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:06/23/2025Date updated:06/23/2025